Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the FA Cup third round clash between Aston Villa and Liverpool. The last time the teams met the Villans were in seventh heaven after demolishing the Premier League champions 7-2. However, a Covid-19 outbreak amongst the first-team means they must field a side of youngsters tonight. Can they somehow prevail again and deepen the Reds’ recent woes? Or will Jurgen Klopp’s men exact some semblance of revenge and pull out of what has become a mini dip in form with an expected victory? Kick off 19:45 GMT.
The Emirates FA Cup / 3rd Round
Villa Park / 08.01.2021
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- L. Barry(42')
- S. Mané(5', 64')
- G. Wijnaldum(61')
- M. Salah(66')
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Updated 08/01/2021 at 21:36 GMT
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Milner tries his luck from distance but drills it a yard or so over the bar.
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Salah is played free in the right channel. Liverpool have three men over but Salah opts to shoot and Onodi manages to push it to safety.
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DID YOU KNOW? The last four meetings at Villa Park in all competitions have produced 23 goals with Liverpool conceding 12 in the last two visits. That includes the 7-2 in October and the 5-0 League Cup defeat last season with a largely Academy
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After falling behind so early on, Villa will be quite happy with how they have handled the occasions since. Can they get to the break without leaking another goal or two?
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Barry leads a Villa charge after Fabinho lost the ball inside his own half. Hayden overlaps and hangs a wonderful ball to the far post, but Bogarde can't beat two Liverpool defenders to apply a finish.
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Fabinho rises majestically to meet a right-wing corner but can only thump a header well over the bar.
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SAVE! Onodi flings himself to his left to keep out Fabinho's low effort. Mane latches on to the loose ball but is denied by the keeper once again from a tight angle.
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Wijnaldum surges on to Mane's sumptuous flick but sees his 20-yard pile-driver take a wicked deflection and fly over the top.
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Wow. Villa have managed just 14 passes so far!
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Villa finally threaten. Hayden takes aim from 25 yards out but blasts it straight into a Liverpool body.
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DID YOU KNOW? This is only the second ever FA Cup meeting between the teams at Villa Park. You have to go back to January 1988 for the first (4th Round). John Barnes and Peter Beardsley scored in a 2-0 Liverpool win.
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VIDEO: Mane nods home the opener.
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Just the 87 per cent of possession for Liverpool so far.
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Wijnaldum somehow guides an awkward volley over the bar after running free on to Salah's clipped ball into the box.
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STAT: Villa have lost six of their last seven FA Cup games against Liverpool, though they did win the last such meeting between the sides in the 2015 semi-final at Wembley (2-1).
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Will their big night turn into a nightmare?
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That was Mane's eighth goal of the season. Not the start the Villa youngsters would have hoped for.