Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa live recap and Unai Emery press conference reaction
Aston Villa will be hoping to put a stop to four successive defeats at Anfield to ensure they remain in the hunt for a Europa Conference League place.
Unai Emery’s men now appear to be in a shoot-out with Tottenham to land that all-important seventh-place finish. Spurs host Brentford this lunchtime (12.30pm) prior to Villa’s clash at Liverpool (3pm).
Villa need to better Spurs’ points return from their final two games to ensure European football returns to Villa Park for the first time in 23 years.
Ahead of today’s kick-off at Anfield, Villa will be without ex-Liverpool hero Philippe Coutinho who’s been ruled out for the remainder of the season having sustained another injury setback.
For Liverpool, Roberto Firmino is expected to be involved in what will be his final outing at Anfield before leaving on a free transfer this summer. Star striker Darwin Nunez has, however, been ruled out with a toe injury. Red boss Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, will serve a two-match touchline ban for comments he made about referee Paul Tierney. The German will be in the stands for this one.
Stay with us for all of the pre-game build-up, confirmed line-ups, kick-by-kick text commentary, goal alerts, player ratings and the reaction from both managers. Our dedicated match blog will automatically update, below.
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