Liverpool will hope to get back to winning ways to keep their hopes of a quadruple alive when they take on Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa this evening.
A 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur last time out leaves them three points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City, with just two games to go after tonight’s encounter at Villa Park.
Klopp has got Saturday’s FA Cup final to keep in mind, but if the Reds want to keep pace with City he can’t take his foot off the gas against a tricky Villa side, who narrowly lost 1-0 to Mohamed Salah’s decisive penalty in the reverse fixture back in December.
The Sporting News is on hand to bring you live updates, commentary and match highlights below.
Aston Villa vs. Liverpool live score
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| Aston Villa | 1 | β | β |
| Liverpool | 1 | β | β |
Goals:
Aston Villa: Douglas Luiz (3)
Liverpool: Joel Matip (6)
Aston Villa vs. Liverpool live updates and highlights
19th min: The closest Mane has come to scoring. Tsimikas again delivers a dangerous cross into the box and the Senegalese manages to out jump Minds but his header goes just wide of the post.
17th min: Tsimikas whips in a free-kick to the back post but Diaz sees his header blocked and Cash clears.
12th min: Villa aren’t slowing down. This time Matty Cash drives forward and puts an inviting low cross into the box which Matip deals with before Digne blasts the ball over the bar from range.
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6th min: GOAL!
An immediate response from the Reds courtesy of Joel Matip. Tyrone Mings fails to clear his lines in the box and after Virgil van Dijk’s cross was saved, Matip tapped in from close range. Just two minutes and 39 seconds between the goals. A lively start.
3rd min: GOAL!
What a start from the home side – Douglas Luiz opens the scoring to stun Liverpool in the early stages. Alisson saved his countryman’s initial header but the midfielder followed up to slot it past the goalkeeper.
We’re underway!
2min to KO: It’s almost kick-off time as Manchester City fans tune in to see if Villa can do them a huge favour. Pep Guardiola claimed ‘everyone in this country supports Liverpool’ after his side beat Newcastle on Sunday but rest assured there’s plenty (mainly Everton fans!) cheering on Gerrard’s men this evening.
15 mins to KO: Expect plenty of South American flair on show in the Midlands tonight with Brazilian star Fabinho tasked with keeping fellow countryman Coutinho quiet in the middle of the park. On the wing, Douglas Luiz, who makes his 100th Premier League appearance tonight, will have his work cut out up against Colombian star Diaz.
40 mins to KO: Klopp has made five changes to the team that drew with Spurs with the big decision being to start Salah on the bench.
Naby Keita, Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Joel Matip all come into the side to replace Salah, Ibrahima Konate, Andy Robertson, Jordan Henderson and Thiago.
As for Villa, former Red Philippe Coutinho has been recalled to the starting XI. He joins Marvelous Nakamba with Calum Chambers and Emiliano Buendia dropped to the bench.
1 hour to KO: The teams are in…
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1 hour 10 mins to KO: Luis Diaz came to Liverpool’s rescue last time out but will Salah be the man of the moment tonight? Salah has scored 30 goals for Liverpool in all competitions this campaign, one short of his total for the Reds last season. But the Egyptian has failed to score in 11 of his last 12 club appearances. He currently tops the Golden Boot standings on 22 league goals – two clear of Tottenham’s Heung-min Son.
1 hour 35 mins to KO: Klopp will be looking for a response from his players after their 1-1 draw with Tottenham on Saturday and conceded in the aftermath that he can’t see City dropping points in their final three games.
‘I can’t see it,’ said Klopp when asked if City might drop points. ‘I wish I could think differently but I can’t see it. My problem is not whether City smash Newcastle. It’s Aston Villa on Tuesday.’
Gerrard won’t be rolling over for his old side that’s for sure and they head into tonight’s match off the back of comfortable wins over Norwich and Burnley. Team news to follow in half an hour.
2 hours to KO: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of tonight’s Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Liverpool ,where the visitors’ quest for a quadruple remains alive – just. Anything but a victory against their former captain Steven Gerrard would surely end their quest for a 20th league title.
How to watch Aston Villa vs. Liverpool
| UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
| Date | Tues, May 10 | Tues, May 10 | Tues, May 10 | Wed, May 11 |
| Time | 20:00 BST | 15:00 ET | 15:00 ET | 05:00 AEST |
| TV channel | Sky Sports Main Event | USA Network, Universo | β | β |
| Streaming | NOW TV | fuboTV | DAZN | Optus Sport |
UK: The match can be seen on Sky Sports Premier League and streamed by NOW TV.
USA: Aston Villa vs. Liverpool will be broadcast by USA Network (English) and Universo (Spanish) in the United States with both channels streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial for new users.
Canada: DAZN streams every Premier League match in Canada.
Australia: All Premier League games are streamed on Optus Sport in Australia.
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Aston Villa vs. Liverpool betting odds
| UK (SkyBet) | USA (DraftKings) | Canada (Sports Interaction) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa Win | 6/1 | +650 | +562 |
| Draw | 15/4 | +370 | +396 |
| Liverpool Win | 2/5 | -230 | -251 |
| Both teams to score |
4/6 | -125 | -137 |
| Over / Under 2.5 goals |
4/7 / 5/4 | -155 / +130 | -161 / +126 |
| Liverpool -1 | 6/5 | -145 | -143 |
| Aston VIlla +1 | 15/8 | +120 | +111 |