Premier League champion Liverpool crushed by Aston Villa (7-2)
Liverpool, reigning English champion was thrashed by Aston Villa (7-2) for the fourth day of the Premier League at Villa Park on Sunday.
During tonight’s match nothing seemed to go in the Reds favour, Liverpool were down 4-1 at the break with a hat-trick from Ollie Watkins.
Even Jürgen Klopp was seen laughing on the sidelines after the 6th goal of Jack Grealish (6-2, 66th), the third scored by the Birmingham club on a shot deflected by a defender of the Reds.
Such a huge defeat was unheard of since 1963 for the Reds. Liverpool had not conceded 7 goals in the league since a loss by the same score against Tottenham back in 1963 and, never, an outgoing English champion had not received 7 goals since a 7-1 conceded by Arsenal at Sunderland in 1953.
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It’s the first time ever both Liverpool and Man Utd have conceded 6 plus goals on the same day, as Manchester United slid to a second home defeat in as many games, after an embarrassing 6-1 loss against Tottenham on Sunday.
Liverpool, who had won their first 3 matches, is in 5th place in the standings.
Here is how Twitter reacts to tonight’s match:
Realise the rivalry between Liverpool and Man Utd is intense but this is taking it too far………
— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) October 4, 2020
“Klopp's Liverpool conceded 7 while we conceded just 6 with 10 men. Not bad, eh?” pic.twitter.com/zs3aShfgl3
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) October 4, 2020
United were embarrassed and Liverpool really said you’ll never walk alone.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) October 4, 2020
Manchester United:
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 4, 2020
Liverpool: Hold my beer. pic.twitter.com/R3D1EjYzpQ
Fir all sorts of reasons, think this will be a very odd PL season and there'll be more days like today for top clubs. Expect Liverpool to win title again but with much lower points tally to last time.
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) October 4, 2020
