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Sunday August 31, 2008 Finished Villa Park

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  1. Villa and Liverpool in bore draw

    Villa and Liverpool in bore draw

    Liverpool lost the Premier League's last remaining 100 per cent record after a dull 0-0 draw with Aston Villa at Villa Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Liverpool
    • - Thanks for joining us this weekend. See you next time.
    • 90'+3 All over at Villa Park! Thank goodness! That was a pretty poor game... it ends goalless and Liverpool lose their 100 per cent record.
    • 89' Ooh! Calamity in the Liverpool box as the ball pings off Skrtel and heads goalwards! Carragher to the rescue as he hoofs clear!
    • 85' Oooh! Laursen beats Reina with a header from a lofted free kick into the box! But it's off target! Inches wide of the post!
    • 84' Reo-Coker drives a low cross into the danger area in front of Reina... but that's a good take from the Spaniard, under pressure from Carew.
    • 83' Oooh! Milner goes close to scoring on his debut! The ball falls kindly to him on the edge of the box but his measured side footer is saved by Reina!
    • 80' Time running out for either side to grab a late winner... just ten minutes remaining now.
    • 79' Robbie Keane is hauled off after another goalless performance... on comes Yossi Benayoun in his place as Nicky Shorey is replaced by Craig Gardner for Villa.
    • 73' Keane's through here! Clean through on goal after Mascherano plays a first time ball through! But Reo-Coker comes across to make a telling challenge! Keane asks for a penalty, but referee Martin Atkinson waves away those claims!
    • 71' Petrov lets fly with a volley from distance! But it bounces wide of Reina's goal... decent effort.
    • 70' Liverpool make another change now as Aurelio comes on.
    • 66' Dossena is shown a yellow card for chucking the ball away when a decision goes against him.
    • 64' Here comes the change... Milner comes on to make his Villa bow at the expense of Luke Young.
    • 62' Davies leaps to get on the end of an Ashley Young free-kick! But the defender heads over! He claims there was a push, but the referee's having none of it.
    • 60' James Milner is warming up on the sidelines.... a Villa change could be on the way.
    • 57' The second half could not be more different from the first! Corner now to Villa... Reina gets there to punch clear!
    • 53' Dossena now wings over a cross which has Friedel scrambling backwards... he's forced to tip the ball over the bar and it'll be another Liverpool corner!
    • 52' Much better from Liverpool this half! Alonso sidefoots an effort goalwards only for Shorey to make a decent block! Corner to the visitors!
    • 49' Alonso's early second half corner causes a few problems in the Villa box as Friedel flounders a little. Kuyt's there but he can't direct a header on goal under pressure from Laursen!
    • 46' Back underway at Villa Park! No changes to tell you about.
    • 45'+2 There goes the half-time whistle to bring to an end a pretty dire first half.
    • 45' Skrtel is penalised for a foul from behind on Carew... not the wisest challenge to put in considering he's already on a yellow.
    • 44' This is more like it from Liverpool! Mascherano robs Young of the ball and hares upward before giving the ball to Kuyt who ultimately over runs it...
    • 42' Oooh! Ngog goes very close to opening his account! Keane plays a lovely reverse pass to his strike partner and the youngster lets fly! Just over the bar!
    • 40' Terrible attempted clearing header from Shorey... straight to Kuyt! He controls on his chest but can only fire into the side netting! Good chance gone begging...
    • 35' Oooh! Carew forces Reina into action for the first time this half! He should do better though, but he allows Reina to make the save with his legs!
    • 32' What a run from Reo-Coker! He hares off down the right hand side and wins a corner off Dossena! That's what this game needs!
    • 30' This game really hasn't got going yet... it's being played at almost at walking pace... no chances to talk of. Gareth Barry hasn't even done anything!
    • 28' That's a real blow for Liverpool... no Gerrard and now no Torres...
    • 27' And Torres takes off his headband and that's it for him! He trudges off and will be replaced by David Ngog, once there's a break in play.
    • 26' Torres pulls up clutching his hamstring... and it looks like Liverpool's star striker is going to have to come off!
    • 23' Barry touches the ball for the first time! That sounds incredible, but he really hasn't until now. The crowd cheer.
    • 22' Liverpool are dominating possession... but there's little end product.
    • 20' Oh dear, that's poor from Lucas! The Brazilian gets right underneath a long range effort and the ball nearly ends up on the roof of the Holte end!
    • 18' Villa are sitting off Liverpool at the moment and looking to hit the visitors on the break... strange tactics from Martin O'Neill's side.
    • 15' A quarter of an hour gone and still no breakthrough at Villa Park...
    • 13' Skrtel goes into the book for a clumsy tackle from behind on Carew... that was needless, the Villa man was going nowhere.
    • 7' Here come Villa again... this time with Young... nothing doing this time...
    • 3' Petrov looks to release Agbonlahor on the left hand side... but his cross field pass is cut out and Liverpool come away with the ball.
    • 2' Liverpool are in their frankly awful silver kit today... Villa in traditional claret and blue.
    • 1' Okay, here we go in the last of today's Premier League matches!
    • - Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
    • - Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Dossena, Kuyt, Alonso, Mascherano, Leiva Lucas, Keane, Torres - Subs: Cavalieri, Agger, Aurelio, Benayoun, Babel, Ngog, El Zhar
    • - The teams are in... Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young, Laursen, Davies, Shorey, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Barry, Ashley Young, Carew, Agbonlahor - Subs: Guzan, Milner, Harewood, Knight, Salifou, Routledge, Gardner
    • - Liverpool are the only remaining unbeaten side in the Premier League after Chelsea's earlier slip-up... Villa will be hoping to end it today as Gareth Barry faces the club he wanted to join in the summer.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's late kick off at Villa Park!

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Liverpool
    43% Possession 56%
    8 Shots 10
    2 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 1
    5 Corners 8
    12 Fouls 9
    0 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 29
    296 Accurate passes 395
    71 Bad passes 48

  • 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
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 0 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 20 0
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1
      5 Martin Laursen 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 31 5 2
      6 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 49 12 1
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 55 7 7
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 0 2
      7 Ashley Young 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 14 13 4
      10 John Carew 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 13 2 0
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 9 1
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      8 James Milner 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 1
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Wayne Routledge 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 1 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 36 6 1
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 44 11 1
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 36 0 5
      37 Martin Skrtel 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 37 0 4
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 67 12 2
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 60 7 9
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 32 3 2
      7 Robbie Keane 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 24 4 0
      9 Fernando Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 2 4
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0
      31 Nabil El Zhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 David Ngog 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 1
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us this weekend. See you next time.
    • 89' Ooh! Calamity in the Liverpool box as the ball pings off Skrtel and heads goalwards! Carragher to the rescue as he hoofs clear!
    • 85' Oooh! Laursen beats Reina with a header from a lofted free kick into the box! But it's off target! Inches wide of the post!
    • 83' Oooh! Milner goes close to scoring on his debut! The ball falls kindly to him on the edge of the box but his measured side footer is saved by Reina!
    • 73' Keane's through here! Clean through on goal after Mascherano plays a first time ball through! But Reo-Coker comes across to make a telling challenge! Keane asks for a penalty, but referee Martin Atkinson waves away those claims!
    • 71' Petrov lets fly with a volley from distance! But it bounces wide of Reina's goal... decent effort.
    • 62' Davies leaps to get on the end of an Ashley Young free-kick! But the defender heads over! He claims there was a push, but the referee's having none of it.
    • 52' Much better from Liverpool this half! Alonso sidefoots an effort goalwards only for Shorey to make a decent block! Corner to the visitors!
    • 42' Oooh! Ngog goes very close to opening his account! Keane plays a lovely reverse pass to his strike partner and the youngster lets fly! Just over the bar!
    • 40' Terrible attempted clearing header from Shorey... straight to Kuyt! He controls on his chest but can only fire into the side netting! Good chance gone begging...
    • 35' Oooh! Carew forces Reina into action for the first time this half! He should do better though, but he allows Reina to make the save with his legs!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Martin Laursen

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • L. Young Substitution Out (64′)
    • M. Laursen
    • C. Davies
    • N. Shorey Substitution Out (79′)
    • N. Reo-Coker
    • S. Petrov
    • G. Barry
    • G. Agbonlahor
    • A. Young
    • J. Carew

    Subs

    • M. Harewood
    • Z. Knight
    • J. Milner Substitution In64′
    • W. Routledge
    • M. Salifou
    • C. Gardner Substitution In79′
    • B. Guzan

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Jamie Carragher

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa
    • J. Carragher
    • M. Skrtel
    • A. Dossena Yellow Card
    • D. Kuijt Substitution Out (70′)
    • J. Mascherano
    • X. Alonso
    • L. Lucas
    • R. Keane Substitution Out (79′)
    • F. Torres Substitution Out (27′)

    Subs

    • F. Aurelio Substitution In70′
    • Y. Benayoun Substitution In79′
    • R. Babel
    • D. Agger
    • D. N'Gog Substitution In30′
    • N. El Zhar
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • S. Gerrard
    • S. Hyypia

    Suspended

    None