Game #4847
Aston Villa
Sunday, 15 May 2005
Liverpool
2-1
Aston Villa
Premier League
Liverpool
Anfield
Attendance: 43,406
Lost
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | Nolberto Solano | 67’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gareth Barry, powerful shot
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 15 May 2005
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool, pen), Djibril Cissé
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Djibril Cissé
🕒 | HT Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Luke Moore
🔁 | 48’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Carlton Cole
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-2, Gareth Barry, Assist by Nolberto Solano
🕒 | FT Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose a third successive match to make it 13 defeats in the last 25 League games under David O'Leary and so a season ended that had been more notable for the acrimonious way in which O’Leary operated and his seeming desire, from early in the season, to distance himself from the club and his responsibilities, than for any particular footballing highlights.
Villa had been poor for much of the season and the optimism that 2003-04 had unexpectedly given rise to was roundly dashed on the rocks of acrimony.
Seemingly happy to belittle and bemoan his squad both individually and collectively in public, there can be no doubt that a broadly similar squad, underachieved as a result.
Indeed but for the form of (the admittedly excellent David O’Leary signing of) Nobby Solano and the continued class shown by Juan Pablo Ángel, Villa’s tumble down the table could have been much more severe.
What was abundantly clear however was that under David O’Leary all was not harmonious.
The defeats had come thick and fast and the myriad of changes made to the match day squads was at times as confusing as it was worrying. Admittedly Villa suffered from poor luck on occasion but that couldn’t explain away the issues.
Coupled with poor form, his denigration of his team and a tendency to discard genuine prospects with alacrity, prospects for the future under O’Leary were not encouraging. And just as he had surprised many with his achievements the previous season, there were few surprises that the O’Leary many had feared would arrive did so in 2004-05.
Admittedly key players like Martin Laursen and Olof Mellberg were often injured, as were influential and stabilising figures like Gavin McCann however equally it seemed that a haphazard and oft changing selection policy was also a destabilising factor in the failure of the team to find any consistent runs of form through the season.
The obvious conclusion was that things needed to change ahead of the 2005-06 season if there was going to be material improvement under an unpopular manager and Chairman. At a minimum new additions to the squad were required as was a clear vision for the both the team and club.
Nobody would be surprised if O’Leary wasn’t in post by the start of 2005-06 but few thought the same could be said of the problematic Chairman.
Centre forward Carlton Cole made the final appearance of his loan spell from Chelsea aged 21. Cole had made 30 appearances, 10 as a substitute and scored 3 goals and numerous assists during his season with Villa.
Forward Darius Vassell played his final game for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Manchester City for a fee of £3,240,000 in July 2005. Vassell played for Villa between 1997-98 and 2004-05 making 201 appearances in total with 77 as a substitute. In total Vassell scored 43 goals for Villa over his 8 seasons with the club.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2002-03
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Sunday, 15 May 2005
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Barry Knight | 🏴 | Kent, 1991-2008
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 86 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 22 🟥 31 | 1.41
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Barry Knight | 🏴 | Kent, 1991-2008
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 April 2005, Villa 0-0 Charlton, Villa Park.
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Nolberto Solano and Eric Djemba-Djemba replace Thomas Hitzlsperger and Jlloyd Samuel.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.14 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.79 |
Youngest Player |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 20.38 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Steven Davis | 🏴 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇪🇨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Rafa Benítez | 🇪🇸 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
Liverpool
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
LB John Arne Riise | 🇳🇴 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Mauricio Pellegrino | 🇦🇷 |
CB Josemi | 🇪🇸 |
CB Jamie Carragher | 🏴 |
M Xabi Alonso | 🇪🇸 |
M Igor Bišćan | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
W Antonio Núñez | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
W Harry Kewell | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
CF Djibril Cissé | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 CF Luke Moore | 🏴 | for CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 48’ |
🔁 CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 🔴 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 64’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Igor Bišćan | 🇭🇷 | (M Dietmar Hamman | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | W Antonio Núñez | 🇪🇸 | (RB Steve Finnan | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | W Harry Kewell | 🇦🇺 | (CF Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
GK Jerzy Dudek | 🇵🇱 |
CB Sami Hyypiä | 🇫🇮 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2fb25bded0134f2d975eddd73aa44dcb~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 1998-05 | 🕒 201 | 124 (77) | ⚽ 43 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 25 | #725 |
🔴 CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 2004-05 | 🕒 30 | 20 (10) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 3 | #775 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 15 May, 2005
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