Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool: Mane & Salah net as Reds beat Villa academy players

Liverpool netted three goals in just five second half minutes to down Aston Villa's valiant youngsters. Villa's inexperienced players went into half time level as Louie Barry calmly cancelled out Sadio Mane's early opener. Liverpool's pressure paid dividends in the second half. Georginio Wijnadum, Mane and Mo Salah scored in the second half to eventually secure the Reds a comfortable victory.

2020/2021 FA Cup

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Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

4' GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool (Mane)

10' CHANCE! Wijnaldum's shot wide out

23' OFF THE POST! Mane nearly scores again

41' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool (Barry)

46' CLOSE! Curtis Jones' long shot saved

54' NO GOAL! Salah's shot ruled out for an earlier foul

60' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool (Wijnaldum)

63' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool (Mane)

65' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool (Salah)

85' OFF THE BAR! Thiago nearly scores

Line-ups

Aston Villa XI: Á. Ónodi, L. Barry, D. Revan, B. Chrisene, J. Walker, C. Rowe, K. Hayden, M. Bridge, A. Raikhy, L. Bogarde

Subs: M. Tait, O. Zych, H. Sohna, B. Young, S. Swinkels, E. Rowe, H. Lindley

Liverpool XI: Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Salah, Minamino, Mane, Fabinho, Kelleher, Curtis Jones, R. Williams, Neco Williams

Subs: Thiago, Shaqiri, Alisson, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Origi, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, N. Phillips