Aston Villa smashed Liverpool 7-2 in one of the vital astonishing leads to Premier League historical past.
Ollie Watkins scored a first-half hat-trick and Jack Grealish performed a starring function because the Midlands membership humiliated the champions at Villa Park with a outstanding efficiency on Sunday night time.
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It’s the heaviest defeat Liverpool have suffered since 1963, once they overwhelmed by Tottenham by the identical scoreline, and the worst loss Jurgen Klopp has ever had in his managerial profession.
It was a sensational finish to a sensational day of Premier League soccer which noticed 25 targets scored within the six video games performed.
Earlier on Sunday, Liverpool’s nice rivals Manchester United had been additionally humiliated – dropping 6-1 at house to Tottenham and their former supervisor Jose Mourinho.
That shall be of little comfort to Liverpool, who had been merely overwhelmed by a Villa facet which have now gained all three video games this season.
The Reds completed 64 factors forward of Villa final season as they gained the title at a canter, with Dean Smith’s facet solely avoiding relegation on the ultimate day of the marketing campaign.
However Liverpool had no reply to Villa’s attacking prowess as they had been run ragged on the again and conceded seven targets for the primary time within the Premier League.
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The champions received off to a horrible begin when goalkeeper Adrian, who was deputising for the injured Alisson, dedicated his FIFTH error resulting in a objective when his wayward cross was picked up by Grealish, who put the ball on a plate for Watkins within the fourth minute.
Watkins, a £28million membership report signing from Brentford, then doubled his facet’s lead within the 22nd minute with a advantageous prime nook end previous Adrian.
Mohamed Salah pulled one again for Liverpool, but it surely was in useless as John McGinn restored Villa’s two-goal cushion with a deflected volley.
Watkins accomplished his hat-trick inside 39 minutes when he tapped house from shut vary – a outstanding efficiency from a person who had by no means scored within the top-flight previous to this sport.
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Villa didn’t let up within the second-half when Ross Barkley netted a debut objective with one other deflected strike ten minutes after the restart.
Salah received his second of the match on the hour mark, but it surely was a merely a comfort as Grealish – who had claimed three assists – then struck twice extra for the hosts to wrap up a surprising 7-2 victory.
Whereas Liverpool will maintain an inquest into this woeful efficiency, Villa will take nice confidence of their unimaginable show as they be part of Everton in being the one Premier League golf equipment to carry a 100 per cent report this season.
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