Liverpool drew a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa, MOHAMED SALAH continuued his outstanding season with a goal and an assist for Trent Alexander-Arnold’s equaliser. With his goal contributions of 39 in just 26 Premier League games, with 24 goals and 15 assists, the Egyptian is going in style if this is his last year with the Reds.
After Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins had turned Villa before the break, he started the first half and then laid on Alexander-Arnold’s second-half level.
Following a game postponed from March due to their participation in the Carabao Cup final, Darwin Nunez’s challenger for miss of the season halted Arne Slot’s men increasing their advantage to 10 points at the top of the table.
Villa demonstrated they might be a fit for any of the elite teams on their day, but their erratic performance makes them improbable to be eligible for the Champions League for a second season running.
Early out of the blocks, Liverpool had opportunities to lead inside the opening 10 minutes as Virgil van Dijk sliced over Alexander-Arnold’s wonderful ball and then Tyrone Mings’ attempt was blocked.
Marcus Rashford, who had not started Premier League since December, felt he had set up an opener in the 17th minute when he played a one-two with Marco Asensio and Andy Robertson turned the cross into his own net from inside the six-yard box, but Rashford was offside.
Salah hit a header all wrong in the 26th minute, off target, but he was on the scoresheet three minutes later as Liverpool pulled in ahead.
It originated from some reckless Villa defending as right-back Andres Garcia passed straight to Jota who closed in on goal and offered Salah a tap-in from six yards.
