Sadio Mané gets Liverpool back on track and leaves Villa mired in bottom three
05-Jul-2020 17:44:46 | The Guardian
On the surface the scoreline reflects what might be expected when newly crowned Premier League champions meet relegation-threatened visitors who can not keep a clean sheet away from home. But this was a glaring opportunity missed for Aston Villa. Liverpool were in procession mode yet they still made it 17 wins from 17 Premier League home games this season thanks to Sadio Mané and Curtis Jones.
Mane’s breakthrough and Jones’ first Premier League goal, arriving a day after he signed a new five-year contract with his boyhood club, made it 300 goals in 127 games at Anfield under Jürgen Klopp. His team have dropped an astonishing four points from the last 111 available on home soil and are unbeaten in 57 league games at Anfield.
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