Overview
- Liverpool ended a run of four straight Premier League defeats with the home victory, climbing to third in the table.
- Mohamed Salah opened the scoring by seizing on Emiliano Martínez’s misplaced pass for his 250th Liverpool goal.
- Ryan Gravenberch doubled the lead shortly before the hour with a shot that deflected off Pau Torres to wrong-foot the goalkeeper.
- Aston Villa threatened early as Morgan Rogers hit the post and Giorgi Mamardashvili tipped a deflected Matty Cash effort onto the frame.
- The clean sheet was Liverpool’s first in 11 matches, setting up dates with Real Madrid on Tuesday followed by Manchester City.