FFO Prem, Liverpool vs. Aston Villa (Fri Jan 16) Liverpool | Aston Villa 5-2-3 P | 4-2-2-1-1 E Graeme Edwards | Emlyn Brennan | T_Courtois GK | GK E_Martinez B_Chilwell DF | DF A_Robertson M_Akanji DF | DF N_Semedo D_Upamecano DF | DF L_Digne F_Mendy DF | DF K_Mbabu D_Rice DF | DM Casemiro O_Kokcu MF | DM Rodri F_de_Jong MF | AM O_Dembele S_Chukwueze FW | MF L_Pellegrini R_De_Tomas FW | MF K_Coman F_Chiesa FW | FW S_Gnabry | D_Ward SUB | SUB D_Bentley J_Matip SUB | SUB K_Trippier A_Wolf SUB | SUB S_Opsahl B_Taz SUB | SUB L_Goretzka W_Jose SUB | SUB A_Licata Min. 4 :(liv) O_Kokcu searches out D_Upamecano ... K_Mbabu takes the player out!! ... The ref turns away!! Min. 5 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to L Min. 7 :(liv) F_de_Jong beats the defender ... F_de_Jong with a thundering drive! ... But it puts it well wide Min. 11 :(liv) O_Kokcu with a one-touch layoff to D_Upamecano ... D_Upamecano leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!! ... E_Martinez parries it, he follows it up ... And E_Martinez recovers to save!! Min. 13 :(liv) R_De_Tomas brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... B_Chilwell gets on the end of the pass ... B_Chilwell rifles it to the far post! ... The ball moves through the air! ... E_Martinez moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... GOAL!! ... E_Martinez looks dejected! ... That's put Liverpool ahead! ... Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa ... Min. 14 :(ast) K_Coman with a simple pass to L_Pellegrini ... D_Upamecano wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 18 :(liv) F_Chiesa plays a quick one-two with his team mate ... He runs towards goal now ... F_Chiesa tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... The net bulges! ... GOAL!! ... He runs towards the fans! ... And slides on his knees! ... Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa ... Min. 19 :(ast) O_Dembele brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... K_Coman gets on the end of the pass ... But M_Akanji with the fine tackle Min. 20 :(ast) S_Gnabry beats his marker ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... But he loses control of it ... F_Mendy takes possession Min. 22 :(liv) O_Kokcu sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball in to R_De_Tomas ... R_De_Tomas with a scorcher of a shot! ... But the ball goes harmlessly wide Min. 23 :(ast) Casemiro runs at the defender ... The defender falls over ... But he loses control of it ... M_Akanji takes possession Min. 27 :(ast) S_Gnabry is first to the ball ... D_Upamecano hits it out for a corner ... The fans behind the goal are whipping up a frenzy ... Trying to rally their team and suck the ball into the net!! ... CORNER! ... L_Pellegrini lofts the ball in! ... The danger is dealt with by B_Chilwell Min. 28 :(liv) S_Chukwueze dribbles past the defender ... It was as if he wasn't even there ... S_Chukwueze hits a great shot! ... E_Martinez gathers it easily Min. 32 :(liv) F_Mendy sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball across to O_Kokcu ... Good sliding challenge from A_Robertson ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... D_Upamecano swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! ... It comes to F_Chiesa ... He gets the shot away ... GOAL!! ... Rifled into the top corner! ... Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa ... Min. 34 :(ast) S_Gnabry takes possession on the edge of the box ... D_Upamecano cuts it out easily ... He clears the ball upfield Min. 35 :(liv) B_Chilwell with the dribble ... This is a great chance ... B_Chilwell has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... GOAL!! ... He runs to the corner and dives on his belly ... Liverpool 4-0 Aston Villa ... Min. 38 :(liv) F_de_Jong runs at the heart of the defence ... A_Robertson takes the player down!! ... That's a poor tackle! ... The Referee calls him over ... He's told to calm down ... Emlyn Brennan looks relieved Min. 40 :(liv) F_Chiesa with an early cross to F_Mendy ... F_Mendy unleashes a pile driver! ... He watches the ball, half volleys it flush ... GOAL!!!! ... And what a goal!! ... The subs are on the pitch filming the celebrations with their smartphones! ... Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa ... Min. 41 :(liv) F_Mendy with the first time pass to F_Chiesa ... F_Chiesa goes for the top corner! ... E_Martinez with a superb tip over the bar ... He showed great reflexes there ... CORNER! ... R_De_Tomas lofts the ball in! ... E_Martinez jumps well to claim it! Min. 41 :(ast) O_Dembele cuts inside O_Kokcu ... He worked that well ... S_Chukwueze tackles cleanly ... The linesman flags for the foul though! ... Unbelievable! It looked clean to me ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 43 :(ast) Casemiro looks to play the ball out wide ... He plays the ball across to S_Gnabry ... M_Akanji is called for the holding foul ... He was pushing down on his man ... He is warned by The Referee Min. 44 :(ast) K_Coman takes advantage of a mistake by F_Chiesa ... He knocks the ball to Rodri! ... Rodri has a dig at goal! ... But it goes wide of the post Min. 45 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P Min. 45 :(ast) L_Pellegrini kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... O_Dembele gets on the end of the pass ... O_Dembele pounds a rocket on goal! ... But T_Courtois stops that one easily ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa Min. 46 :(ast) L_Pellegrini pauses and waits for support ... He runs towards goal ... S_Chukwueze with a terrible tackle ... The referee comes over to him ... He's already on a yellow ... RED CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... This is a good chance! ... He's been working on a top spin dip free kick! ... Will we see it? ... A_Robertson shapes to shoot ... He plays it to S_Gnabry instead ... A scorcher of a shot from S_Gnabry! ... T_Courtois heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 51 :(ast) Rodri with the dribble ... He made that look easy ... Rodri with a quick pass down the left wing. ... He gets up high for the header! ... T_Courtois gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... No, it's wide!! ... That was terrible! Min. 53 :(liv) F_de_Jong beats N_Semedo with absolute ease! ... L_Digne with an ugly foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll be off if he does that again Min. 54 :(ast) Curled in dangerously from Casemiro to L_Pellegrini ... D_Rice takes out the attacker ... He looked to have fouled him there Min. 54 :(liv) F_Chiesa flicks it over the defenders head ... He showed some great skill there! ... S_Gnabry fouls badly ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! Min. 59 :(ast) L_Digne sprints down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He puts in a square ball! ... K_Coman runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... K_Coman rifles it to the far post! ... T_Courtois fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 60 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Casemiro will now play as a MF Min. 60 :(liv) M_Akanji holds the ball up ... He knocks a through ball to O_Kokcu ... N_Semedo gets the foot in to win the ball ... It rolls out of play ... CORNER! ... M_Akanji plays it into the danger area! ... Great catch from E_Martinez! Min. 60 :(ast) K_Coman sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball in to O_Dembele ... O_Dembele sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. ... cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! ... It hits the post ... And goes clear Min. 61 :(liv) F_Mendy jumps over A_Robertson's challenge ... F_Mendy with a thundering shot! ... He's pulled it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! Min. 62 :(liv) F_Chiesa picks out B_Chilwell with the cross ... A_Robertson with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 64 :(ast) S_Gnabry slows the ball down and waits for support ... A team mate overlaps him now ... He uses his team mates run as a decoy ...And heads towards the goal! ... But D_Upamecano slid in ... It was a well timed tackle and it had to be Min. 66 :(liv) O_Kokcu turns past the defender ... He has created space for himself now ... O_Kokcu fires the shot in! ... He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort Min. 66 :(ast) Casemiro takes possession ... What can he do here? ... B_Chilwell is late with that one ... I think he was just trying to get to the ball Min. 70 :(liv) Substitution by Liverpool ... COMING ON: J_Matip ... COMING OFF: D_Rice Min. 70 :(liv) Substitution by Liverpool ... COMING ON: A_Wolf ... COMING OFF: F_de_Jong Min. 70 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... O_Dembele will now play as a FW Min. 71 :(liv) D_Upamecano with a slide rule pass to R_De_Tomas ... R_De_Tomas has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... The ball hits the line the referee waves play on. ... Graeme Edwards spits his dummy out yet again. Min. 73 :(liv) F_Chiesa skips the challenge from the defender ... L_Digne gets to the ball first Min. 74 :(liv) J_Matip hoofs it upfield to find F_Chiesa ... A_Robertson with a bad challenge ... The Referee yells at him to come over ... It's not the first time he's been called over today ... YELLOW CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... This is a good chance! ... He's been working on a top spin dip free kick! ... Will we see it? ... R_De_Tomas hits it over the wall ... E_Martinez turns it behind for a corner ... CORNER! ... Swung in by D_Upamecano ... F_Mendy gets his head on it ... But E_Martinez punches it away ... That's gone out for a goal kick ... It was clear to everyone that E_Martinez got a touch Min. 75 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Rodri will now play as a AM Min. 75 :(ast) A_Robertson runs at A_Wolf ... He takes it past him ... J_Matip reads the play well Min. 80 :(liv) O_Kokcu takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into F_Chiesa ... But L_Digne slides in two footed! ... The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 81 :(liv) B_Chilwell floats the ball in to find R_De_Tomas ... But he loses control of it ... A_Robertson takes possession Min. 83 :(ast) N_Semedo is clutching his leg! ... That doesn't look good ... But he'll continue and try to run it off Min. 87 :(liv) R_De_Tomas barges A_Robertson off the ball ... R_De_Tomas with a blistering shot! ... E_Martinez saves it ... Good goalkeeping Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 88 :(liv) Curled in dangerously from R_De_Tomas to B_Chilwell ... B_Chilwell with a terrific drive! ... The shot slips through E_Martinez's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! Min. 89 :(ast) L_Digne pass splits open the defence and finds Rodri ... M_Akanji makes the challenge and clears the ball ... But it drifts out of play ... CORNER! ... S_Gnabry with an outswinging corner into the box ... T_Courtois comes towards the ball ... But he's misjudged it! ... K_Coman with the header ... But T_Courtois punches it away ... That's gone out for a throw in Min. 90 :(liv) F_Mendy knocks it forward ... A_Robertson slips ... R_De_Tomas gets to it! ... R_De_Tomas hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... It takes a deflection! ... But goes wide! ... CORNER! ... D_Upamecano lofts the ball in! ... A_Wolf gets something on it! ... E_Martinez with a fantastic point blank save ... When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league Min. 90 :(ast) L_Digne looks around for some movement ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He hits the ball to O_Dembele ... O_Dembele hits a great drive! ... T_Courtois makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Anfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : F_Chiesa (Man of the Match) Scorers : B_Chilwell (13,35), F_Chiesa (18,32), F_Mendy (40) Sent Off : S_Chukwueze (46) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : K_Coman Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : L_Digne (53), S_Gnabry (54), A_Robertson (74) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool | Aston Villa Attempts on Goal : 19 | 8 Off target : 7 | 3 On target : 12 | 5 Possession : 61 | 39 Corners : 5 | 2 Red Cards : 1 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 3 Subs Used : 2 | 0 Fouls : 9 | 8 Key Tackles : 11 | 7 Key Passes : 15 | 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Liverpool 5 - 0 Aston Villa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Liverpool Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T_Courtois GK 27 1 1 1 15 | 94 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 B_Chilwell DF 1 25 20 17 24 | 94 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 15 16 89 M_Akanji DF 1 23 21 12 26 | 94 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 15 0 D_Upamecano DF 1 24 19 8 27 | 94 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 64 38 24 F_Mendy DF 1 24 19 17 22 | 94 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 16 51 66 D_Rice DF 1 21 24 6 27 | 71 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 O_Kokcu MF 1 17 24 11 25 | 94 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 19 F_de_Jong MF 1 12 23 22 28 | 71 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 S_Chukwueze FW 1 4 23 23 27 | 47 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -12 -12 -3 R_De_Tomas FW 1 3 18 26 25 | 94 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 58 24 F_Chiesa FW 1 5 20 25 22 | 94 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 52 51 D_Ward GK 23 1 1 1 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Matip DF 1 21 16 12 29 | 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 20 0 A_Wolf DM 1 18 17 4 23 | 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 B_Taz MF 1 6 17 14 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Jose FW 1 4 13 21 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Aston Villa Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E_Martinez GK 27 1 1 1 24 | 94 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 A_Robertson DF 1 23 20 11 29 | 94 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 49 -2 -2 N_Semedo DF 1 24 18 14 25 | 94 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 L_Digne DF 1 24 19 12 23 | 94 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 49 -2 K_Mbabu DF 1 23 20 7 27 | 94 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 Casemiro MF 1 18 24 16 28 | 94 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 Rodri AM 1 19 24 6 32 | 94 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 O_Dembele FW 1 7 24 22 25 | 94 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 28 L_Pellegrini MF 1 9 23 21 26 | 94 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 K_Coman MF 1 8 23 22 29 | 94 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 20 S_Gnabry FW 1 2 20 25 24 | 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 5 D_Bentley GK 22 1 1 1 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Trippier DF 1 21 15 11 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Opsahl MF 1 13 14 4 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Goretzka AM 1 17 24 19 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Licata FW 1 5 14 21 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1768595709 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40