Aston Villa Hammers Champions Liverpool with 7-2 win at Villa Park, Ollie Watkins scores his first premier league hat-trick to put Villa in second place of the table. Jack Grealish scores twice and assisted three more on Super Sunday.
What a day in the premier league so many new records were made, for the first time in premier league history both Manchester United and Liverpool conceded 6 or more goals on the same day. Liverpool conceded 7 goals in the premier league for the first time since 1963. Ollie Watkins become first player to score Hat-trick on Champions since Berbatov scored thrice in 2010.
The Villans led after only four minutes when Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian conceded possession to Jack Grealish, who teed up Watkins for a simple finish.Aston Villa’s lead was doubled when Watkins cut in and slammed a shot into the top corner on 22 minutes.
Mohamed Salah’s smart shot reduced the deficit on 33 minutes but two minutes later, John McGinn’s deflected effort restored Villa’s two-goal cushion. Watkins’ hat-trick header made the score 4-1 and 10 minutes after half-time, Ross Barkley added a fifth.
Salah pulled another goal back on the hour but Grealish’s double on 66 and 75 minutes completed the comprehensive victory. Aston Villa now have three wins from three while Liverpool are fifth, also on nine points.
Match Stats:
| Aston Villa | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 30.9 | Possession % | 69.1 |
| 11 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 18 | Shots | 14 |
| 488 | Touches | 827 |
| 284 | Passes | 626 |
| 15 | Tackles | 14 |
| 31 | Clearances | 14 |
| 2 | Corners | 7 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 7 | Fouls conceded | 10 |
What Next ?
- After international break , Aston Villa will play at Leicester City on 17th Oct
- Liverpool will make trip to red hot Everton on 17th Oct .
