The Reds, who have three wins and a draw from their opening four games this season, struck twice in 22 minutes with own goals from new signing Dominik Szoboszlai and Matty Cash. Mohamed Salah secured the points after the restart with his usual goal against Villa.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored his first Liverpool goal in the Reds’ 3-0 win over Aston Villa, as did Mohamed Salah in an early strike.
The Hungarian lurked on the edge of the box in the corner of the third minute and delicately hit the net when the initial cross could not be touched by anyone.
before the break, but within 10 minutes of the restart, Salah got his goal to seal the victory when Nunez scored a header from another corner.
John McGinn wasted Aston Villa’s best chances. He fired in the first half when Moussa Diaby rose, then headed straight at Allison after Leon Bailey’s cross.
It may go without saying that Salah, who was the target of Saudi Arabia’s transfer bids, was left out of the curtain-raiser but remained on the pitch despite Liverpool using all five substitutes.
Trent Alexander-Arnold limping off injured was Liverpool’s only sour note. Liverpool jumped to third place with 10 points, two behind leaders Manchester City. Aston Villa is in 11th place with six points.
Liverpool’s defense looked solid as Villa didn’t get a shot off and didn’t test Alisson until the 33rd minute. At the other end, Liverpool even scored from two corners despite the Dutchman’s famous aerial threat.
Van Dijk missed six Premier League games last season and Liverpool won just one. This amount they have already reached this time. PLAYER OF THE GAME – DARWIN NUNEZ
Nunez didn’t score but scored two and caused Villa plenty of problems with work rate and clever movement. PLAYER LINES
way to open your Liverpool account. GOAL! LIVERPOOL 2-0 ASTON VILLA (CASH OG) 22′ – Salah gets behind Digne too easily to collect a long ball and shoots towards Nunez, who hits the post, but the ball hits a helpless Cash and the ball ends up in the net. . BAR! 38′ – Salah looked at the cross, making a smart through ball to Nunez.
They play a one-two to set up a chance for Nunez, who beats Martinez from a small angle but sees his effort hit the bar. GOAL! LIVERPOOL 3-0 ASTON VILLA (SALAH) 55′ – Nunez wins the first kick in the corner and Salah is at the back post to tap home. The score is 3-0 and the game is definitely over. CLOSED! 70′ – Poor defending and a slip gives Alexander-Arnold the chance to push the ball forward, get in and narrowly score.
