Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa: Reds up to third

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The reds face Real Madrid and then Man City away in a tough pairing of games considering their recent form. But this Saturday late kick off did provide some respite as the reds collected all three points against a Villa side who had dispatched City just a week previously.

Pantomime villain Emiliano Martinez was caught out by the reds constant pressure on the backline and passed the ball straight to Mo Salah who scored his 250th goal for Liverpool FC - he is well placed in 3rd of LFC's all time goalscorers and is hunting down the total set by Roger Hunt who is second to Ian Rush. Villa showed some fight in the final 10 minutes, perhaps Liverpool being nervous as they sought to protect a first clean sheet for some time.

Protect it they did and although Arsenal have powered some distance ahead - the rest of the Premier League pack have not capitalised quite enough on Liverpool's woeful October. It's Arsenal, City and Liverpool as the top three.