At 23:00 on December 13th, Beijing time, the 16th round of the 2021-2022 Premier League began. Liverpool won a small 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at Anfield Stadium, winning seven straight games and being in the Premier League standings. Continue to rank second, 1 point behind Manchester City. The only goal in the game appeared in the 67th minute. Salah took the penalty he created and completed the miracle of scoring in 14 consecutive league rounds.
In the history of the two clubs, there were a total of 197 clashes. Liverpool had 98 wins, 40 draws and 59 losses and had the absolute upper hand, with 90 wins, 40 draws and 56 losses in the league. Liverpool’s past 11 matches against Aston Villa have evenly divided the wins and losses. The Reds have achieved 7 wins and 4 losses, but there are many 0-5 and 2-7 defeats to Aston Villa. In the second leg of the Premier League last season, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-1 at Anfield Stadium and won three consecutive home games. The previous 6 home records were only 1 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the middle of this week, Liverpool’s Champions League away game against AC Milan 2-1, won six straight games, including the Premier League four consecutive victories; Aston Villa 2-1 at home against Crest City last weekend.
In this game, Liverpool forwards Firmino, Jones, Elliott and Phillips were absent due to injuries. Van Dijk returned to the starting lineup to sit on the back line. Salah ushered in the 550th career milestone with Chamberlain and Ma The team formed a striker trident, and players such as Jota and Takumi Minano were on standby; Aston Villa, Liverpool’s legendary captain and coach Gerrard returned to Anfield for the first time with his opponent, Bertrand Traore and Leon Bailey missed due to injury, the old Red Army general Ince was on standby from injury, Targat and Jacob Ramsey returned to the starting line, Watkins led the striker Trident. In the 6th minute, Henderson made a right pass from the front court and Mane’s header was blocked by the defensive player. In the 8th minute, Mane was pulled down by the defender in the penalty area. The Liverpool player demanded a penalty, but the referee ignored it.
In the 11th minute, Robertson made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, Salah missed the point before, and Arnold’s 18-meter shot was blocked by the defender. In the 13th minute, Van Dijk knocked Watkins down and was warned by a yellow card. In the 14th minute, Douglas-Louis hit the left net with a free kick from the left side of the penalty area. In the 16th minute, Arnold made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Robertson nodded and hit the defensive player and flew to the lower left corner of the goal. Damian Martinez bravely resolved it. In the 19th minute, Chamberlain shot slightly above the crossbar from the top of the arc in the penalty area. Nakamba knocked down Henderson and was reissued a yellow card by the referee. In the 20th minute, Watkins made the ball, and Ashley Young shot from the top right of the penalty area and missed the right post.
In the 24th minute, Watkins uprooted Fabinho and was fined a yellow card. In the 25th minute, Robertson made a free kick from the right front and was cleared by the defender. Thiago’s 18-meter shot was blocked by the defender. In the 26th minute, Robertson broke through the penalty area and was knocked down by the defender. The Liverpool player demanded a penalty, which was ignored by the referee. In the 44th minute, Fabinho passed through and Salah’s right rib broke through the penalty area and was saved by Damian Martinez. At the end of the first half, Liverpool at home and Aston Villa maintained a 0-0 score and entered the intermission.
Changed sides in the second half to fight again. In the 48th minute, Douglas-Louis shot from the top left of the arc in the penalty area was blocked by the defensive player. In the 51st minute, Mane’s left-side shot in the penalty area was blocked by the defender, and then Salah’s shot was still blocked. In the 53rd minute, Robertson made a pass from the left corner, and Van Dijk had a header from Damian Martinezto out of the crossbar. Then Robertson made another left corner pass, and Matip headed over the crossbar. In the 57th minute, Fabinho made a straight pass, and Mane shot from the top left of the arc in the penalty area and missed the right post. Aston Villa replaced Nakamba with Sanson, and then Liverpool replaced Chamberlain with Jota. In the 60th minute, Mane passed the ball from the left bottom line of the penalty area in an inverted triangle.
In the 67th minute, Liverpool broke the deadlock, Mins brought down Salah in the penalty area, and the referee pointed to 12 yards. Salah took a penalty kick to the bottom right corner of the net, 1-0! Salah scored the 14th goal in the Premier League this season and the 21st goal in all competitions. He scored in 14 consecutive league rounds and surpassed Husky’s 110 goals in the Premier League, tied with Dabrin’s 111 goals and tied for the Premier League. The 22nd place in the history of scorers.
In the 69th minute, Aston Villa replaced Ashley Young with Buendia. In the 72nd minute, Mane made a long pass, and Salah’s right rib shot from the penalty area was blocked by the defensive player. In the 74th minute, Aston Villa replaced Jacob Ramsey with the former Red Army general Ince. In the 77th minute, Konza made a mistake in a return pass, and Jota grabbed Damian Martinez from the left side of the penalty area with a shovel and missed the left post. In the 83rd minute, Thiago made the ball, and Mane’s left rib shot from the penalty area was cleared by the defensive player. In the 84th minute, Liverpool replaced Thiago with Milner. This was the 573th time that the Red Army deputy played in the Premier League, surpassing David James and occupying the fifth place in the history of the Premier League.
In the 86th minute, Allison attacked and kicked the ball to his teammate Matip. After the ball rebounded, it caused chaos in the penalty area. Fortunately, the Liverpool defender completed the remedy and escaped. In the 88th minute, Liverpool replaced Mane with Takumi Minano. In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Salah made the ball and Jota made a shot from the left rib of the penalty area and missed the right post. In the end, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 1-0 at home.
The lineup of both sides:
Liverpool (4-3-3): 1-Allison/66-Arnold, 4-Van Dijk, 32-Matipu, 26-Robertson/14-Henderson, 3-Fabinho, 6-Tia Ge (7-Milner 84′)/11-Salah, 15-Chamberlain (20-Zota 58′), 10-Mane (18-Minano Takumi 88′)
Aston Villa (4-3-3): 1- Damian Martinez/2- Cash, 4- Consa, 5- Mins, 3- Targat/7- McGinn, 19-Nakamba (8-Sanson 57′), 6-Douglas-Louis/41-Jacob Ramsey (20-Ince 74′), 11-Watkins, 18-Ashley -Young (10-Bundia 69′)
Technical statistics of both parties:
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