He pulled out a very complicated, after a Robertson header and the rebound in a defender that changed the trajectory of the ball; pure reaction. After a while, closed the roads to Mohamed Salah and he even hit his knee. After another one to the Egyptian, with a shot to the post, below. Already Van Dijk also drowned the goal. All that did Emiliano Martinez, but was not enough to avoid the defeat of his Aston Villa vs. Liverpool because the drawing took out everything except a penalty from Wrong: he missed the “look what you eat”.
Klopp’s team was a machine to generate situations at Anfield, but throughout the game he encountered an Argentine goalkeeper at a high level. Martínez flew here, there, threw himself down, dwarfed forwards … Of everything. Therefore, the tie seemed sung. until Mings took Salah down in the area and Mo did not miss. Draw asked him to throw it to his right, he jumped, he moved, but he could not deconcentrate 11, who crossed him against the stick, unreachable.
Salah’s goal, a penalty
The victory left Liverpool (37) one point behind leader Manchester City (38), in a fight for the Premier that is already spicy, because the Chelsea, who beat Leeds, is third (36) and putting pressure. Aston Villa continues with an irregular gait, 12th with 19 points.
