Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Match pulse
AVLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LIV | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Who won: Liverpool 2-1
Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Villa Park. Goals for Aston Villa: Christian Benteke (31'). Goals for Liverpool: Jordan Henderson (47') and Steven Gerrard (60' pen).
Play by play
- 94'
<b>FULL TIME</b> - Villa's good run comes to an end and they will finish the weekend in the relegation zone. They started well and took the lead but goals from Henderson and Gerrard turned it around and moved Liverpool within touching distance of Everton. Wigan, without doubt, the weekend's big winners.
- 93'
Benteke has the ball in the net but the flag is up - and it went up straight away. He was a yard off too. Good call.
- 92'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Westwood carded for a high tackle on Henderson. Not nice at all.
- 91'
Benteke leans into Gerrard and gives away a free kick. Not ideal for Villa, who have run out of steam a little.
- 90'
Three minutes added....
- 89'
N'Zogbia does well to work some space to cross but his delivery is poor - hitting the first man.
- 88'
Liverpool a threat on the counter now.
- 87'
Lambert tries to rally his troops for one last push.
- 86'
There's a definite lack of invention about Villa now - Delph gives the ball away this time.
- 85'
Suarez runs the ball out of play trying to take on Vlaar.
- 84'
I've no idea how Suarez hasn't scored today - he's had about five gilt-edged chances.
- 83'
Liverpool creating good angles and passing it better now - Villa need to get stuck in and pressure them. And again, Suarez misses a great chance! He works it himself, nutmegging Baker but Guzan gets a vital hand and Suarez can't recover to find the net.
- 82'
Johnson brings down a long ball and hoofs it out of play down field. Brendan twitches on the sidelines.
- 81'
That's better from Villa - Agbonlahor puts Carragher under pressure to concede a corner.
- 80'
Downing fires a free kick about 20 yards over the bar. Oh dear. Johnny Wilkinson would have been proud of that one.
- 79'
Delph, clumsy at the best of times, fouls Suarez.
- 78'
Weak first involvement from Sterling after Suarez found him, cutting onto his left and crossing right at Guzan.
- 77'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Sylla departs for Villa and El Ahmadi replaces him. Liverpool make a change too, Coutinho off, Rahim Sterling on.
- 75'
Suarez feeds a darting Enrique but he can't keep the ball in.
- 74'
Liverpool sitting deeper now - Suarez dropping to add extra protection.
- 73'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2013/0331/jordanhendersoncelebvvilla_275x155.jpg"><br> Jordan Henderson levelled for Liverpool
- 72'
Very quiet at Villa Park now. The home fans no doubt gnawing their nails.
- 71'
Another Villa change imminent it looks like.
- 70'
Benteke is frustrated as he is penalised for a foul.
- 69'
Liverpool coming into their own now as Villa chase the game and their formation becomes ragged.
Leaders
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