Liverpool v Aston Villa, 11 December 2021

Score1-0 to Liverpool
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance53,093

View Liverpool v Aston Villa head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 53 Liverpool won: 30 Drawn: 10 Aston Villa won: 13 Liverpool scored: 91 Aston Villa scored: 55 Liverpool had now won seven of the last eight meetings in the Premier League (lost one).

1 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

0 Aston Villa

Manager: Steven Gerrard

Goals:

Mohamed Salah penalty 67 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Thiago Alcántara
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings Defender
Matt Targett Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Ashley Young Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jacob Ramsey Midfielder
Marvelous Nakamba Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Diogo Jota for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 58
James Milner for Thiago Alcántara 84
Takumi Minamino for Sadio Mané 88

Substitutions:

Morgan Sanson for Marvelous Nakamba 57
Emi Buendía for Ashley Young 69
Danny Ings for Jacob Ramsey 74

Cards:

Virgil van Dijk 13 Y

Cards:

Marvelous Nakamba 19 Y
Ollie Watkins 24 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder Naby Keïta
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jed Steer
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender Axel Tuanzebe
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder Morgan Sanson
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Forward Danny Ings

Comments:

League position: 2nd Liverpool had now equalled their club record of scoring in 31 consecutive games in all competitions (also from April 1957 to January 1958). The Reds had now won consecutive games in the Premier League by a 1-0 margin for the first time since December 2015. Mohamed Salah became the second player to convert 15 consecutive penalties in the Premier League after Southampton's Matthew Le Tissier (23 from January 1994 to April 2000).

Comments:

League position: 12th This was the first time in his career that recently appointed Aston Villa manger Steven Gerrard had faced Liverpool. He played in 710 games for them in all competitions, the third-highest total appearances in the Reds' history. They had now lost seven of their last ten games in the Premier League (won three). Only Southampton (21) had now lost more games in the Premier League in 2021 than Villa (20).

1 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Mohamed Salah penalty 67 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Thiago Alcántara
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Diogo Jota for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 58
James Milner for Thiago Alcántara 84
Takumi Minamino for Sadio Mané 88

Cards:

Virgil van Dijk 13 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder Naby Keïta
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino

Comments:

League position: 2nd Liverpool had now equalled their club record of scoring in 31 consecutive games in all competitions (also from April 1957 to January 1958). The Reds had now won consecutive games in the Premier League by a 1-0 margin for the first time since December 2015. Mohamed Salah became the second player to convert 15 consecutive penalties in the Premier League after Southampton's Matthew Le Tissier (23 from January 1994 to April 2000).

0 Aston Villa

Manager: Steven Gerrard

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings Defender
Matt Targett Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Ashley Young Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jacob Ramsey Midfielder
Marvelous Nakamba Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Morgan Sanson for Marvelous Nakamba 57
Emi Buendía for Ashley Young 69
Danny Ings for Jacob Ramsey 74

Cards:

Marvelous Nakamba 19 Y
Ollie Watkins 24 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jed Steer
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender Axel Tuanzebe
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder Morgan Sanson
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Forward Danny Ings

Comments:

League position: 12th This was the first time in his career that recently appointed Aston Villa manger Steven Gerrard had faced Liverpool. He played in 710 games for them in all competitions, the third-highest total appearances in the Reds' history. They had now lost seven of their last ten games in the Premier League (won three). Only Southampton (21) had now lost more games in the Premier League in 2021 than Villa (20).