Liverpool players celebrate the first goal of the 2-1 win against Aston Villa, in Birmingham. Photo: AP Photo/Rui Vieira.
Liverpool beat Aston Villa by Dibu Martínez and Emiliano Buendía 2-1, and reached Manchester City for first place in the Premier League, who on Wednesday will visit Wolverhampton for another pending match on date 33, which will also offer of Leeds United’s match against Chelsea.
Aston Villa took the lead after 3 minutes through Brazilian Douglas Luiz, but Cameroonian Joel Matip equalized three minutes later for Liverpool, who reversed the score in the 65th minute with a header from Senegalese Sadio Mané, assisted by Colombian Luis Díaz.
The victory allows Liverpool’s German DT Jurgen Klopp to continue the search for a poker history, because in addition to fighting for the Premier League, on Saturday the 28th they will define the Champions League with Real Madrid.
Also, Liverpool, who replaced Brazilians Alisson and Fabinho (changed to 29 ‘due to injury) along with Colombian Luis Díaz (changed to 71’), have already won the English League Cup by beating Chelsea, who are with this Saturday the 14th define the FA Cup.
Dibu Martínez didn’t have a bad game but Liverpool’s power was too much for Aston Villa. Photo: Reuters/Carl Recine.
Liverpool now have 86 points, the same as defending champion Manchester City, who surpassed it by goal difference (68 and 65), and twenty -three more than Aston Villa, who were replaced by Brazilians who Douglas Luiz and Philippe Coutinho, the 70 ‘of Argentine Emiliano Buendía, who joined his compatriot Emiliano Martínez.
Spaniard “Citizens” DT Pep Guardiola will seek to regain their 3-point lead against Liverpool by visiting Wolverhampton on Wednesday, eighth with 50 units, five less than West Ham, if where they are disputing tickets to the next Conference League.
In addition, the thirty-three date program will offer a visit of Chelsea, third with 67 points, to Leeds United, who added 34 points as Burnley, who surpassed it for better goal difference. (-17 and -35).
Leeds are in the relegation zone with the damned Watford and Norwich, who amassed 22 and 21 points, respectively, and are looking to beat Everton (35), who will host Crystal Palace (44) in Thursday 19 to complete the date. Everton themselves will also visit Watford to complete the 30th day of the match, while on Thursday the 12th, Tottenham will return to Arsenal to complete the 22nd day of the match, in a rivalry between the teams. in London fighting for a place in the next “Champions”, as they added 62 and 66 points, respectively.
This Wednesday will also see the match between Leicester, fourteenth with 42 points, and Norwich which matches the twenty-first date of the tournament, which aims to update its calendar before its end, which is scheduled for Week 22. For this, Thursday 19 is the duels Aston Villa-Burnley and Chelsea-Leicester, pending dates 19 and 27, respectively.
Source: Clarin
