Aston Villa vs Liverpool, 2020-21 English FA Cup, 3rd Round
· English FA Cup
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Liverpool ease past Aston Villa in FA Cup third round
Sadio Mane scored twice as Liverpool eased past a youthful Aston Villa side in their FA Cup third-round tie at Villa Park on Friday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Liverpool 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones with a cross.
- 9': Hand ball by Neco Williams (Liverpool).
- 10': Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Kaine Hayden (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamar Bogarde.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
- 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mungo Bridge.
- 22': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Callum Rowe.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 23': Attempt saved. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 23': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 23': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by James Milner.
- 25': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mungo Bridge.
- 25': Attempt missed. Fabinho (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Curtis Jones.
- 29': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
- 33': Arjan Raikhy (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Liverpool).
- 33': Offside, Aston Villa. Mungo Bridge tries a through ball, but Benjamin Chrisene is caught offside.
- 35': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
- 35': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Akos Onodi.
- 36': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Fabinho with a headed pass following a corner.
- 37': Attempt missed. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Neco Williams with a cross.
- 41': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1. Louie Barry (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Rowe with a through ball.
- 44': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 44': Mungo Bridge (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kaine Hayden.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
- 45'+2': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1.
- 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Thiago replaces Jordan Henderson.
- 46': Foul by Arjan Raikhy (Aston Villa).
- 46': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 49': Attempt blocked. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 49': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jake Walker.
- 49': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dominic Revan.
- 51': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Callum Rowe.
- 52': Attempt saved. Fabinho (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
- 53': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neco Williams.
- 53': Akos Onodi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Dangerous play by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
- 55': Foul by Arjan Raikhy (Aston Villa).
- 55': Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Callum Rowe.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.
- 58': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jake Walker.
- 59': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kaine Hayden.
- 59': Attempt missed. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sadio Mané following a corner.
- 60': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 2. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.
- 61': Substitution, Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Takumi Minamino.
- 61': Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Curtis Jones.
- 61': Substitution, Aston Villa. Brad Young replaces Benjamin Chrisene.
- 63': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 3. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
- 63': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
- 63': Jake Walker (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
- 65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Harrison Sohna replaces Arjan Raikhy.
- 66': Substitution, Aston Villa. Hayden Lindley replaces Lamar Bogarde.
- 66': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jake Walker.
- 67': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jake Walker.
- 67': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Hayden Lindley.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 68': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dominic Revan.
- 69': Offside, Liverpool. James Milner tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
- 70': Dominic Revan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
- 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Mohamed Salah.
- 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Sadio Mané.
- 75': Substitution, Aston Villa. Sil Swinkels replaces Callum Rowe.
- 75': Substitution, Aston Villa. Edward Rowe replaces Jake Walker.
- 77': Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Thiago.
- 82': Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool).
- 82': Mamadou Dialla Sylla (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Milner.
- 85': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.
- 85': Thiago (Liverpool) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Divock Origi.
- 86': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kaine Hayden.
- 89': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kaine Hayden.
- 90': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sil Swinkels.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 4.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 4.
Statistics
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|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 18 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 0 | Saves | 8 |
| 83.1 | Possession | 16.9 |
| 29 | SHOTS | 2 |
| 13 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 685 | Accurate Passes | 83 |
| 767 | Passes | 157 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.5 |
| 13 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 45 | Crosses | 4 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 6 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.1 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 13 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 2 | Effective Clearances | 58 |
| 2 | Clearances | 58 |
Game Information
Competition: English FA Cup
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 51 | Akos Onodi (GK) |
| 37 | Mungo Bridge |
| 42 | Dominic Revan |
| 47 | Callum Rowe |
| 46 | Jake Walker |
| 70 | Lamare Bogarde |
| 67 | Arjan Raikhy |
| 69 | Mamadou Dialla Sylla |
| 57 | Benjamin Chrisene |
| 62 | Kaine Kesler Hayden |
| 61 | Louie Barry |
Liverpool (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 62 | Caoimhín Kelleher (GK) |
| 3 | Fabinho |
| 46 | Rhys Williams |
| 7 | James Milner |
| 76 | Neco Williams |
| 14 | Jordan Henderson |
| 5 | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| 17 | Curtis Jones |
| 10 | Sadio Mané |
| 18 | Takumi Minamino |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
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