The current second place of the English Premier League and 18-times Premier League champions, Liverpool, defeated in a whipping victory of 5-0 to Aston Villa. This triumph places Liverpool just one point behind the current English Premier League champion, Manchester United, who lost in week 30 against Fulham 2-0. This defeat of Manchester United is their second consecutive loss as they were beaten by Liverpool 4-1 the week before.

It has to be mentioned that weeks ago Liverpool seemed almost an impossible contender to battle for the Premier League title, but after they defeated Real Madrid and Manchester United, 4-0 and 4-1 respectively with a complete change of game, the team was revived with confidence.

During the game against Aston Villa, Liverpool was handling the game extremely well and was energetic from the beginning through the end. The players were passing the ball in great way and opening the gaps to encounter great plays. Moreover, Liverpool’s defense was tough and Aston Villa was not able to pass through it.  By playing this great football, Liverpool opened the score in hands of Dirk Kuyt at minute 7 and then Albert Riera scored at minute 32. From then on, Gerrard took over by scoring three more goals; two from penalties at minute 39 and 65 respectively, and then the other one in a free kick at the edge of the area at minute 49. With this amount of goals, Aston Villa seemed defenceless and was unable to play their football.  

With this astonishing win, Liverpool added a total of 64 points at second place ahead of Chelsea by three points and behind Manchester United, who is currently at the top just within one point with 65 points.

Having these last results, Liverpool is well-motivated and completely confident on their football and their players, and with eight games left in the Premier League, they’re willing to give everything they have in order to catch United and they will be playing each game as it was a cup final, as their coach Benitez told advised them. The Reds’ captain Steven Gerrard expressed that his team is just waiting for United to make mistakes and they will take advantage of it to jump the top spot. In the meantime, Liverpool will keep pressuring United and will focus on playing one game at the time. But they are not resting on their laurels for their current results, since they know United are capable of winning the remaining 8 games, so they have to remain very concentrated and hope for the best for the next weeks.

“I think it is important not to get carried away. They are capable of winning all their remaining games. It is important we focus on what we’re doing and keep winning, keep on their shoulders, keep piling that pressure on them and whilst they are going into games knowing we are ready to pounce on any mistakes that they make it will be more difficult for them,” expressed Gerrard.

The next game for Liverpool in the English Premier League will be against Fulham on April 4th after the two-week break for international fixtures. We hope for the battle for the Premier League to continue so we can keep enjoying the excitement of one of the elite football leagues in Europe.