article_snippet.sent: Dejan Lovren had the joint-most shots for Liverpool in this game (three, level with Steven Gerrard's).
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool managed just three shots on target in the game.
article_snippet.sent: Villa had begun the game strongly and Liverpool couldn’t get the ball.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool’s way for the six minutes they spent in the lead following Philippe Coutinho
article_snippet.sent: When Villa had the ball and moved forwards energetically through the excellent Fabian Delph and Jack Grealish, they did so in great number, flooding the final third of the pitch with claret and blue.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool, on the other hand, couldn’t replicate Liverpool, they full-backs too deep and Sterling too often drowning in a sea of Aston Villa shirts.
article_snippet.sent: it looked as though Coutinho and Jordan Henderson may haul Liverpool to where Coutinho and Jordan Henderson needed to be.
article_snippet.sent: Coutinho and Jordan Henderson goal came on the back of a short period of better play when Their goal went in off the knee of Villa substitute Jores Okore and Their goal seemed as though Rodgers’ players would build off that platform.
article_snippet.sent: Villa had the edge from the get-go, they had brightness to they play, they played only with ambition and optimism.
article_snippet.sent: Emre Can’s deployment at full-back gave Liverpool nothing while Lambert’s introduction in the 90th minute came so late as to be rather pointless.