10/04/2020 - 12:01
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Liverpool and Aston Villa starred this Sunday, October 4, in the match that closed the fourth round of the Premier League.
And the local built a spectacular win by 7 to 2 no less than against the tournament champion.
Liverpool had not received seven goals since April 1963. Impressive.
Two teams faced each other that started with an ideal score in the tournament and had just been eliminated from the League Cup, but with the aggravation for the champion of suffering the sensitive loss of Sadio Mané, who is the protagonist of
the second confirmed case of coronavirus in the week
.
Watkins scored three goals for the local, at 4, 22 and 39 minutes, for the 4 to 1 set in the first half, a period in which Mohamed Salah discounted and McGinn put the 3 to 1.
In the second half, Barkley increased to 10, Salah made his second at 15 and Grealish scored two goals for 7-2.
Ross Barkley celebrates with Jack Grealish, AP Photo
Liverpool was concerned about the contagion of Covid-19 that Mané, one of its great figures, was detected, whose positive analysis was released this Friday.
The Senegalese, who was isolated on a preventive basis, "has shown minor symptoms of the virus but feels generally in good health," the club reported on its official website.
Sadio Mané had converted one of the champions' goals in a 3-1 win over Arsenal at Anfield on Monday.
And a day later, the club reported that Spaniard Thiago Alcántara had tested positive for a swab, for which he was also immediately confined.
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- Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) October 3, 2020
In addition to Mané and Thiago, the German Jürgen Klopp did not have Joel Matip, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kostas Tsimikas available due to injury.
In
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez saved, summoned by Lionel Scaloni.
Liverpool had won the last five games against Aston Villa
, in which they scored 15 goals and only conceded three.
The local broke two streaks: the last time they beat the current champion was at Anfield, on September 13, 2014, 1-0, with a goal from Gabriel Agbonlahor.
While at home he did not do it since May 22, 2011, another 1-0 (both by Stewart Downing): they broke 3,423 days without being able to beat the Reds at home.
Additionally, they matched a record from the 1962-63 season, the last in which Aston Villa won its first three championship games.
In this campaign, he made his debut from the second date, since in the first his match against Manchester City was postponed, still without an established date.
