After just five minutes, Liverpool scored through Mohamed Salah, and Virgil van Dijk's deflected shot late in the half gave Jurgen Klopp's team a second advantage. However, Villa's second-half assault posed a threat to a comeback.
In a wide-open game in which Darwin Nunez was particularly wasteful, chances continued to flow at both ends after Ollie Watkins' expertly placed header cut the deficit in half. However, Liverpool won thanks to a goal from Stefan Bajcetic, who came off the bench to score his first senior goal.
Unai Emery lost for the first time in the Premier League since taking over for Steven Gerrard, but there were certainly positives for the Spaniard. However, given this Liverpool team's potency, going head-to-head with Salah and the rest appeared to be a risk.
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