Premier League leaders Liverpool necessary Trent Alexander-ArnoldSecond half equalizer to secure a 2-2 draw Aston Villa Wednesday, it raised them at eight clear points at the top.
Liverpool had the incentive to open a 10 -point lead with a victory and led through Mohamed wrongThe first match of the 28th minute before Villa turned the game before half-time with goals from Youri Tielemans And Ollie Watkins.
Diogo Jota hit the transverse bar for Liverpool after the break before Alexander-Arnold’s deflected shot stabilizes him.
Substitute Darwin Núñez missed a glorious chance of restoring Liverpool’s advance and Villa almost cut it in time of time with Donyell MalenHas a shot shaving the post.
Liverpool skipper Virgil Van Dijk Expressed his frustration of missing victory, but it was hardly a harmful result for the Arne Slot team who remains in control of the race race.
Second Arsenal However, will take a little heart because they now have a game in hand and can shave the difference to five points with a home victory for West Ham United Saturday before Liverpool went to Manchester City Sunday.
“We are a little disappointed, we had the chance to win the match and took a little risk at the end,” said Van Dijk. “We take a point and continue. We have a big Sunday.”
Liverpool had lost only one of their 14 previous clashes of the Premier League with Villa and looked at the mood to continue this domination in the first stadiums of Villa Park.
Villa Emiliano Martínez was forced to an early stop, Tyrone Mings Made a crucial block and the front of Liverpool Jota made a lot of angry a wide header.
Liverpool was afraid when Marcus Rashfordmaking his first departure for Villa since he participated in a loan from Manchester Unitedsaw his cross deflected in the net but he had moved slightly offside in the accumulation.
The negligence of the villa has proven to be expensive as Andrés García Panicked under pressure and passed directly to Jota, who elongated in the square so that Salah cut a firing in the roof of the net.
Liverpool’s advance was short -lived.
In the 37th minute, Rashford curled up a free kick in a crowded penalty surface and the ball finally dropped for Tielemans, who struck a volley in front of Alisson.
Jota wasted a glorious chance of restoring Liverpool’s advance almost immediately, being wrong about his angles during the goal. However, the early energy of Liverpool ranked and Villa took the lead in the first half.
While Liverpool fell, Villa worked the ball to Lucas Digne who had time to choose Watkins with a cross that the England The attacker passed in front of Alisson.
Liverpool was shaken but rediscovered their tempo after the break and shortly after Jota hit the crossbar with a long -range shot, they were level. This time, Salah became a designer when he played inside with Alexander-Arnold whose shot took a significant deviation from Mings to leave Martinez.
Núñez came out of the bench to replace Jota but, rather than becoming the hero, he was guilty of a miss who left the niche shaking his head with disbelief on the key line, launching a shot on the bar with the goal His mercy.
“You can understand that there is a person in the locker room who feels perfectly, you know who I am thinking,” said Slot in reference to the shock of Núñez.
If Malen’s effort has slipped to death, the door may have opened a little to chase the arsenal, but Liverpool emerged relatively unscathed from a dangerous speech.
