Matt Maher gives his take on another disappointing evening for Unai Emery's men.
Villa were defeated for the fourth time in a row in all competitions and dropped to eighth in the Premier League.
Villa were defeated for the fourth time in a row in all competitions and dropped to eighth in the Premier League.
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00:00Good evening from Anfield where it finished Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0.
00:07A fourth consecutive defeat for Villa for the first time under Uno Emery.
00:12This is now officially their worst run under the Spaniard and a largely frustrating night.
00:18Not a bad performance overall from Villa but they're undone.
00:22A lot of masses of their own downfall.
00:24In the first half it was a tale of four Villa corners.
00:28One that resorted in a Liverpool goal.
00:31Another that should have resorted in a Liverpool goal.
00:34And two that almost resorted in Villa goals with saves from Kaya the Liverpool goalkeeper.
00:42The first goal Villa had stifled Liverpool for the first 20 minutes.
00:46We're just coming into it.
00:48They have a corner.
00:50They lose the ball.
00:52They've got so many people upfield that suddenly Mo Salah's in a footrace with Leon Bailey which he wins.
00:56Bailey brings him down.
00:58Darwin Nunez rounds Emi Martinez and scores.
01:01And then five minutes later the exact same thing happens again.
01:05But then the two corners that Villa got right turned into two great saves.
01:10The first a header from Amadou Henana and the second an even better save from Diego Carlos.
01:17Villa saw plenty of the ball.
01:20It was a fairly even game in between the boxes.
01:24But they again got done on the counter attack in the end when they were pushing for an equaliser.
01:28And looking a more likely team to score.
01:30A mistake by Diego Carlos and Mo Salah ran clear to beat Emi Martinez.
01:35Liverpool go five points clear at the top of the league after Man City's defeat earlier.
01:40For Villa well this was a better performance than at Tottenham.
01:44And they also had a reason to have a grievance or they should have perhaps had a penalty in the second half.
01:50Well they probably should have had a penalty in the second half at 1-0 to be honest.
01:53Pavarotti's having his shirt pulled in the box.
01:56Neither the referee David Coutt or VAR Paul Tierney saw it as a foul.
02:01Which was then strange when two Villa players got booked or were penalised for shirt pulls it seems.
02:08Some shirt pulls are more serious than others.
02:11Or more serious than those in the box which is a bit odd.
02:14Four straight defeats for Villa.
02:15A better performance but the international break probably coming at the right time.