Aston Villa 3 Liverpool 3 - Matt Maher analysis
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00:00 Good evening from Villa Park where it finished. Villa 3 Liverpool 3. Unai Emery's team inching closer to Champions League qualification after a thrilling match. Villa boss afterwards said he was exhausted, more exhausted than these players. I don't think he was the only one to be honest.
00:19 Tom Hanks was in attendance to witness an ending that befitted any Hollywood script. John Duran scoring twice in the space of three minutes as Villa who had looked beaten at 3-1 down came back to draw 3-3. Could be a very crucial point. It means that Tottenham now need to beat Manchester City on Tuesday night to keep the race for the top four alive. So it feels significant.
00:42 Villa in truth they deserve the points. It was a crazy game. Featured the biggest blunder of the season, the biggest miss of Villa's season. All inside the first 35 minutes. Emi Martinez putting the ball through his own net inside the first 65 seconds.
00:58 Uri Tielemans equalised. Villa were on top. Conceded a really sloppy goal. Cody Gappo put Liverpool back in front. Diego Carlos missed somehow from a yard out and also took a goal off Oli Watkins. Watkins then saw a goal ruled out for a marginal off cycle early in the second half. That was after Gerald Kwanzaa had put Liverpool 3-1 up.
01:25 Martinez then with two big saves at 3-1 just when you thought that Villa were a beaten team and they proved significant when Duran fired home with five minutes to go and then three minutes later the fortune that had deserted Villa all game returned in abundance.
01:40 Moussa Diaby, horrible attempted pass through but it smashes off Duran's knee and loops over Alisson 3-3. Villa could have won it, that would have sealed Champions League football. Wasn't a B but this felt a fitting ending to what has been a really terrific season at Villa Park with many memorable games.
01:58 Mr Hanks, well the first time he was here last season against Arsenal he left before the end and he missed two stoppage time goals for the Gunners in a 4-2 defeat. This time he'll be glad he stuck around. This was a night to remember.