Game #5262
Aston Villa
Saturday, 13 September 2014
Won
2nd (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 44,689
Liverpool
Anfield
Liverpool
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa travel to Anfield and come away with a third victory in four unbeaten Premier League games as Paul Lambert continues to surprise in 2014.
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor celebrates his early winner as Villa come away with an unexpected victory at Anfield to make it three wins in four unbeaten Premier League games this season, Saturday, 13 September 2014.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 September 2014
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tom Cleverley
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Liverpool 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Tom Cleverley, Sub on, Carlos Sánchez
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Darren Bent
🕒 | FT Liverpool 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert’s Villa had collected ten points from their opening four league games for the first time since 1998-99 under John Gregory to rise to second place in the early Premier League table. Meanwhile, midfielder Tom Cleverley made his Villa debut aged 25 after joining on a season long loan from Manchester United.
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: 2011-12
FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 13 September 2014
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 92 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 20 🟥 42 | 1.20
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 19 Apr 14, Villa 0-0 Southampton (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Simon Bennett, Lee Betts
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Liverpool
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Nathan Baker and Tom Cleverley (debut) replace Ron Vlaar and Charles N’Zogbia.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.84 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 30.03 |
Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 23.12 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB Philippe Senderos |🇨🇭|
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Brendan Rodgers | 🇬🇧 |
Liverpool
GK Simon Mingolet | 🇧🇪 |
LB Alberto Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 🟨
CB Dejan Lovren | 🇭🇷 |
CB Mamadou Sakho | 🇫🇷 |
RB Javier Manquillo | 🇪🇸 |
M Steven Gerrard | 🏴 |
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 |
M Adam Lallana | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Lazar Marković | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Mario Balotelli | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 72’ |
🔁 M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | for M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 F Darren Bent | 🏴 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 90’+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Adam Lallana | 🏴 | (W Raheem Sterling | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Lazar Marković | 🇷🇸 | (CF Fabio Borini | 🇮🇹 |)
🔁 | CF Mario Balotelli | 🇮🇹 | (CF Rickie Lambert | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Jones | 🇦🇺 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 |
LB Jose Enrique | 🇪🇸 |
M Lucas Leiva | 🇧🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £53.14m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £179.39m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 9 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Doncaster
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Hellas Verona
F Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 | Chesterfield
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Tranmere
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | Brighton
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Brighton
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 31%
Possession A | 69%
Shots F | 3
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 8
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It is one of toughest places to come in Europe, let alone Britain, but I think we deserved the win.
“There is a lot of momentum on and off the pitch at this club, the players have been excellent as a group and the supporters have stuck with it and now our young guys are turning into young men.”
Paul Lambert, Saturday, 13 September 2014.
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 13 September 2014
Liverpool suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat at the hands of a determined Aston Villa side as Gabriel Agbonlahor scored the only goal at Anfield.
Villa struck in just the ninth minute as Philippe Senderos got in front of Dejan Lovren to meet Ashley Westwood’s corner, with Agbonlahor pouncing in the six-yard box to poke the ball home.
From that point on, Paul Lambert’s men defended in superb fashion with Senderos and Nathan Baker excellent as they repelled everything Liverpool had to throw at them.
Brendan Rodgers’ side never really tested Brad Guzan in a limp attacking display, with the closest they came to levelling coming when Philippe Coutinho hit the post and substitute Raheem Sterling fired the follow-up against Jordan Henderson.
Villa are now up to second in the table after an excellent start to the season, but Rodgers has much to ponder ahead of their UEFA Champions League return.
With Daniel Sturridge sidelined for up to three weeks with a thigh injury - for which Rodgers has still not forgiven England - it meant Liverpool started a game without him or Luis Suarez, a summer departure to Barcelona, for the first time since December 2012.
Last season the pair scored 56 league goals between them so it was immediately apparent where the Reds were most likely to be under the greatest strain.
Lambert knew this, and also the fact their opponents have still not entirely cracked defending set-pieces, and that was what he targeted.
Liverpool were denied space in the final third which stifled much of their forward progress, while the visitors attacked with speed when they had the chance and were aggressive at corners and free-kicks - which ultimately produced their winner.
Mario Balotelli was brought in by Rodgers last month to provide additional firepower but he spent much of the first half either being kicked or trying to avoid being kicked by Senderos.
The Swiss defender got away with at least one blatant hack at the former Manchester City striker off the ball which would have likely resulted in a card had referee Lee Mason or either of his linesmen seen it.
Whether it knocked Balotelli, making his home debut, off his stride or not it was the latter stages of the half before he started to show signs of life with one viciously-dipping shot with the aid of a deflection off Andreas Weimann dropping just wide of the post.
He also created a good chance for Adam Lallana, making his debut after injury in pre-season delayed his first appearance since a summer move, but the former Southampton midfielder drilled a half-volley just wide from Balotelli’s lay-off on the edge of the area.
By that time Liverpool were already behind after mistakes by their two centre-backs.
First Mamadou Sakho tried to control the ball close to his own goalline instead of playing safe and ended up conceding a corner, from which Lovren got the wrong side of Senderos whose header created a scramble from which Agbonlahor scored in the ninth minute.
The goal was against the run of play as Lazar Markovic, also making his first Anfield appearance, had already volleyed over Alberto Moreno’s far-post cross and headed wide after being involved in good build-up play with Henderson and Javier Manquillo.
While Lallana was deservedly booked for a late challenge on Tom Cleverley, making his debut after a deadline day loan move from Manchester United, Mason missed Senderos’ kick at Balotelli and chose to take no action after Alan Hutton appeared to rake his studs down the Italian’s knee.
Senderos could have rubbed further salt into the wound but headed a free-kick over when well placed and then blasted wide from close range at another corner.
Balotelli had the first chance of the second half, heading wide Steven Gerrard’s corner.
Sterling’s introduction, having been rested after international duty, on the hour raised the temperature a notch or two with Hutton booked for scything down the youngster within seconds of his arrival.
Villa’s plan to smother Liverpool continued to work, however, and even the introduction of Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini for Balotelli and Markovic failed to produce the chances needed to rescue a point.
The closest they came was when Coutinho bent a shot around goalkeeper Guzan only for it to rebound back off the post as Villa left Anfield having taken their tally to eight points from their last four visits.
* Man of the match: Nathan Baker. Brought in to replace the injured Ron Vlaar and was outstanding alongside Philippe Senderos.