Liverpool Thrash Youthful Villa In FA Cup
09 January, 2021
FA Cup
Result: Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool
Date: 08 January 2021
Venue: Villa Park
Liverpool booked their area in the fourth circular of the FA Cup after thrashing a young Aston Villa team 4-1 on Friday night.
Villa had a good coronavirus outbreak in their main training ground, with several first-team players and personnel testing great and the whole crew had to isolate, with the under-23s acquiring to the discipline under their manager Tag Delaney even while Liverpool were just about at full strength.
The Reds got off to an ideal start after Mane opened the scoring in only the fourth minute with a header at the near post after an inch-perfect cross by Curtis Jones.
Georginio Wijnaldum should have managed to get 2-0 for Jurgen Klopp's fees in the tenth minute after latching onto a good through ball over the defence with a good side-footed volley that missed just wide.
The visitors took their foot off the pedal somewhat after that, with their best chances coming after the half-hour tag where Mohamed Salah was denied twice by shot-stopper Akos Onodi.
Villa grew found in the game towards the latter levels of the initial stanza and Louie Barry incredibly equalised right before the break with a side-footed finish history goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher after racing sharp on goal from Teddy Rowe's long pas.
Salah thought he previously restored the business lead for the Reds 9 minutes after the break after striking a low shot from close assortment beneath the hands of Onodi found in a goal-mouth scramble however the goal was disallowed for offside.
Wijnaldum eventually restored their business lead on the hour-tag with side-footed shot towards underneath corner after he was first teed up by Takumi Minamino inside the box.
Mane took the overall game from the young Villa aspect two minutes in the future with a good looping header more than Onodi to increase the Reds' advantage.
Salah added a good fourth goal for the Reds found in the 65th minute with a thumping work on the turn within the box after he was first setup by Xherdan Shaqiri.
Villa were offered better resistance after conceding 3 goals in 5 minutes and the closest they came to conceding again was within the last five minutes after Thiago Alcantara rattled the crossbar seeing as the Reds marched on to the next round.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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