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Saturday August 11, 2007 Finished Villa Park

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Aston Villa

  • Barry 84’ (pen.)

Liverpool

  • Laursen 31’ (o.g.)
  • Gerrard 86’
  1. Gerrard stunner sinks Villa

    Gerrard stunner sinks Villa

    An inch-perfect free-kick from Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool a 2-1 at Aston Villa after Gareth Barry's penalty looked to have given the home side a share of the spoils. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Liverpool
    • 90+4 It's all over. 3 points for Liverpool, and O'Neill and Aston Villa are left beaten. The manager is still seething.
    • 90+4 Another Barry cross finds the ample forehead of Carew, but again the header is off target.
    • 90+2 All hands on deck for Liverpool as Gerrard hacks another ball clear.
    • 90+1' Lovely ball in from Young, Carew again rises highest in the area, and Reina tips the ball over the bar. Barry swings in the corner, but the whistle goes for a foul that I certainly couldn't spot and Liverpool have a free-kick.
    • 89 Martin O'Neill is absolutely furious on the touchline.
    • 86' Gerrard steps up...and SCORES!!!! A fantastic free-kick straight into the top right hand corner!!
    • 85' Petrov shows his fury as the referee decides he fouled Gerrard just outside the area.
    • 84 Gareth Barry steps up...and SCORES!!! He sends Reina the wrong way!!
    • 83' Penalty to Villa!!! Handball given against Jamie Carragher!!!
    • 82 Good ball into the near post from Barry for Carew, but the big Norwegian is off-target again with his header.
    • 80 A shot across goal from Riise picks up a deflection and gives Liverpool a corner...Gerrard can't get hold of his volley at the far post, but Babel forces a superb save from Taylor!!!
    • 78' Voronin on for Torres now for Liverpool.
    • 75' Liverpool pour forward on the counter-attack through Ryan Babel, he plays an exchange with Kuyt, before lashing a shot just past the right hand post. Villa were severely outnumbered there.
    • 71 Luke Moore on for Bouma.
    • 68 Lovely move again from Liverpool as Pennant lays it back for Gerrard, who again fails to find the target.
    • 66 Barry is rightly ajudged to have dived under the challenge of Xabi Alonso, and is booked! Well spotted Mr Riley.
    • 65' Carew chests the pall down and charges into the area, though was upended by a defender as he did so. No free-kick though!
    • 63' Gerrard picks up the ball in midfield and strides forward, he releases Kuyt, who squares it in turn for Gerrard, and Gardner slides in to make a vital stop!!! That had goal written all over it.
    • 58 Bouma goes straight through the back of Pennant, and the Liverpool man is furious. He goes to confront Bouma, and the Dutchman pushes him away three times. Bouma picks up a yellow card.
    • 55 Ashley Young appears injured. He was already pulling up after laying off the ball, then was knocked by Pennant. He should be okey to continue.
    • 53 Gerrard lays a ball back into the path of Dirk Kuyt, who drives a low shot past the near post.
    • 51' Reo-Coker feeds off a Carew knock-down, but wasn't given an inch of space by the Liverpool defence, and could only push a tame shot well wide.
    • 48' Ashley Young buts in at speed from the left and flashes a dangerous ball across the box, that Alonso managed to clear under pressure.
    • 46' Riise strides forward and lets loose a trademark left-foot piledriver that bounces past the near post.
    • 46' Liverpool get the second half underway.
    • 45+1' Half-time at Villa Park.
    • 45' Villa hoist it high into the Liverpool area, Carew challenges Reina in the air and can only palm it to Young...he tries a shot on the volley...but blazes it over the bar.
    • 44' Excellent determination from Gerrard to win a 50-50 in midfield, but Kuyt can't quite control his lay-off and Agbonlahor brings it forward for Villa.
    • 42' Villa work the ball to Petrov in the area. He lines up a left foot shot, but fires it disaappointingly straight at Reina. That was a real chance for Villa.
    • 37' A sumptuous passing move from Liverpool ends with Torres squaring the ball to Steven Gerrard on the left hand side just outside the area, but he couldn't quite keep his shot down. The Reds have looked highly impressive so far.
    • 35' The Liverpool front two of Torres and Kuyt have looked superb so far.
    • 34' Torres plays a delightful ball into the near post for Kuyt...but he can't quite turn it in! Liverpool almost doubled their lead there!!
    • 31' Gerrard with a lovely ball into Kuyt, he leaves it for Torres who fires in a low shot. Taylor makes a good low save but can only palm it into the path of Kuyt, who pulls it back, and Laursen turns it into his own net!!!
    • 28 Liverpool race away on the counter, Kuyt spreads it wide to Pennant, he crosses for Torres, and Olof Mellberg gets it clear with a vital header.
    • 26' Olof Mellberg absolutely clatters into the back of Fernando Torres, and is rightly booked for the challenge.
    • 23' Gardner hurls a long throw into the heart of the Liverpool area and Agger rises high to head clear.
    • 18' Pennant charges in frmo the left and lays a ball sideways to Gerrard, but the captain's shot is saved low to his left by Taylor.
    • 17' Fernando Torres races onto a long ball, and hammers a volley just over the bar at the near post. He gave the Villa defence a taste of his lightning pace there.
    • 16' Agger gives Agbonlahor a nudge in full flight, and Villa have a free-kick deep in the Liverpool half. Barry swings it in...but again the whistle goes against Carew.
    • 14 The game has turned a little scrappy over the last few minutes. Both sides are struggling to find their rhythm.
    • 10' Villa slip a ball through to Carew, he fires in a first time shot, and Carragher has to be quick to make the block. Bright start from Villa.
    • 8' Barry swings in a good ball into the far post, but Carew is ajudged to have fouled Carragher.
    • 5' Craig Gardner drives an audacious volley at Reina. Good early tester for the Spaniard.
    • 3' Villa caught in possession early on as Pennant steams down the right flank for Liverpool. He looks for the run of Kuyt to the back post, but Nigel Reo-Coker is there to head clear.
    • 1' Carew and Young get the first half underway for Villa.
    • 17:10 Liverpool team: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Agger, Riise, Pennant, Gerrard, Alonso, Arbeloa, Torres, Kuyt; Substitutes Itandje, Hyypia, Voronin, Babel, Sissoko
    • 17:10 Aston Villa team: Taylor, Gardner, Mellberg, Laursen, Bouma, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Agbonlahor, Carew, Young; Substitutes: Moore, Harewood, Cahill, Osbourne, Maloney
    • 17:00 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text commentary of Aston Villa v Liverpool. Kick-off is at 17:15, so stay with us!

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Liverpool
    50% Possession 49%
    12 Shots 18
    4 Shots on target 5
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 2
    11 Fouls 18
    3 Offsides 1
    4 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 24
    245 Accurate passes 247
    66 Bad passes 55

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 0
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 4 1
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 13 2
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 1 3
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 18 3 5
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 24 4 2
      6 Gareth Barry 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 37 17 1
      26 Craig Gardner 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 27 1 8
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 10 5
      10 John Carew 0 5 1 5 0 1 0 14 7 0
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 16 2 1
      21 Gary Cahill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Luke Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 3 0
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 20 1 8
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 6 5
      6 John Arne Riise 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 16 10 2
      5 Daniel Agger 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 22 8 0
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 7 5
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 6 3 0 2 0 0 38 6 1
      16 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 1 2
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 30 6 0
      9 Fernando Torres 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 11 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1
      10 Andrej Voronin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Charles Itandje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Mohamed Sissoko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 86' Gerrard steps up...and SCORES!!!! A fantastic free-kick straight into the top right hand corner!!
    • 84 Gareth Barry steps up...and SCORES!!! He sends Reina the wrong way!!
    • 83' Penalty to Villa!!! Handball given against Jamie Carragher!!!
    • 31' Gerrard with a lovely ball into Kuyt, he leaves it for Torres who fires in a low shot. Taylor makes a good low save but can only palm it into the path of Kuyt, who pulls it back, and Laursen turns it into his own net!!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Stephen Graham Bennett

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: 6. Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Taylor
    • Gardner
    • Laursen
    • Mellberg
    • Bouma
    • Agbonlahor
    • Reo-Coker
    • Petrov
    • Barry
    • Young
    • Carew

    Subs

    • Harewood
    • Maloney
    • Moore
    • Cahill
    • Osbourne

    Injured

    • Sorensen

    Suspended

    None

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    Captain: 8. Steven Gerrard

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Riise
    • Agger
    • Carragher
    • Finnan
    • Arbeloa
    • Gerrard
    • Xabi Alonso
    • Pennant
    • Kuijt
    • Torres

    Subs

    • Hyypia
    • Itandje
    • Voronin
    • Sissoko
    • Babel

    Injured

    • Aurelio

    Suspended

    None