Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool
by Gene Sylvester
at Villa Park

AN ABSOLUTE belter of a game was played out at Villa Park as the Villains once again looked to derail the hope of a title contender — as they did to Arsenal last season — but with the game ending 2-2, it’s not yet clear if the two dropped points will be detrimental to Liverpool’s title hopes or not.

Arne Slot’s men had the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 10 points, but a number of poor finishes from the Liverpool forward line — Darwin Nunez’s 68th miss being the pick of the bunch — meant that they had to settle for a point in the midlands.

A defensive error from Unai Emery’s men gifted the league leaders the opener in the 29th minute, when Villa right-back Andres Garcia’s attempted back pass to his keeper was intercepted by Diogo Jota.