Liverpool might have expected Sunday’s game against Aston Villa to be more difficult, but in the end the Reds won 3-0.
Villa finished this season in an impressive seventh place in European competition, winning two of their first three games and scoring seven goals against Everton and Burnley.
But Unai Emery’s men proved no match for Liverpool as Dominik Szoboszlai sealed the game with the opener from outside the area.
Matty Cash’s own goal doubled the hosts’ lead before half-time and Mohamed Salah scored early in the second half to effectively wrap up the game. As a result, Liverpool are third in the Premier League with a record of three wins and one draw at the start of the new season.
He performed well during the A-match period and will be hoping to pick up where he left off when he visited Wolves in mid-September. Wolves are in 15th place with 3 points from 12. Today Liverpool.com presents two unmissable events. Jurgen Klopp has changed the role of Liverpool ‘genius’ Alexis McAllister.
Alexis McAllister wore number 6 instead of number 8 in 3 of her first 4 games for Liverpool. But even when he’s not playing his most natural role, McAllister impresses with his clever passing from deep and his ability to disrupt opponents’ attacks.
Liverpool have been criticized for failing to sign a top midfielder this summer, but Jurgen Klopp’s approach could be vindicated by Argentina’s performance. Liverpool can now use the “invincibles” Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo.
Ryan Gravenberch has joined a Dutch squad consisting of Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, forward Cody Gakpo and assistant manager Pep Linders.
Gravenberch became Liverpool’s fourth and final addition of the summer transfer window, joining on transfer deadline day from Bayern Munich in a £34m/€40m deal. The midfielder played for the Dutch national team alongside Hakpo and Van Dijk, while the former also played for the under-21 team.
What is interesting is that when Gakpo and Gravenberch played together, they scored 12 goals, taking 5 out of 5 goals and not conceding a single goal. As such, the 21-year-old has built up plenty of connections on the pitch and should be in a good position when he starts at Anfield.
