Liverpool v Aston Villa
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Liverpool v Aston Villa
Ch 24 - 10:00pm (Live)
LIVERPOOL
Steven GERRARD is still seeking a first goal for Liverpool this season.
Craig BELLAMY is a hat trick shy of 50 Premier League goals (Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn and Liverpool).
Jose Manuel REINA is the only remaining player to have figured in every minute of the Reds' Premiership matches. If he plays, Xabi ALONSO will be making his 100th appearance in a Liverpool shirt. If he gets a run out, Steve FINNAN will be making his 150th appearance for the Reds.
Peter CROUCH is Liverpool's top scorer with seven goals. If he participates, CROUCH will be facing a former club.
ASTON VILLA
Won three and drawn six of their nine Premier League matches this season, leaving Villa three games short of equallying their previous longest unbeaten start of eight wins and four draws under John Gregory in 1998.
If he participates, Milan BAROS will be playing on his 25th birthday.
Should they get a run out, both BAROS and Patrik BERGER will be playing against a former club. BAROS could also make his 100th career Premiership appearance (Villa and Liverpool).
Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel: "The confidence is high. An indication of the change in atmosphere here is even though we didn't lose against Fulham last weekend, we are disappointed. "That was because we think we can do much better than that."
Juan Pablo ANGEL is Villa's top scorer, with five goals.
Suspended: Jerzy DUDEK
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baros to score against his old club!!!!!
crouch on the bench against his old club!!!!!! -
Bookie say 2-1 to Aston Villa.
There will be a kelong goal some more.
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THE REDs
It is 99 and counting for Rafael Benitez as he prepares to face revitalised Aston Villa. The Liverpool chief will change his side for the 99th time in succession as he attempts to rebuild the Anfield club's Barclays Premiership campaign at Anfield on Saturday.
But the Spaniard admits to growing tired to the constant match-by-match references to his system of managing players. Pointing to other major clubs to support his methods, he said: I suppose it will be another statistic to discuss, but it is not unusual.
It is not just Liverpool, all the big clubs change their side regularly to rest their players. There are other ways to be successful, sure, but this is working. We have won four finals in two years so I'm happy with it.
The Villans are the only unbeaten team after nine league games. Now they face a stiff test against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday but can take heart from having already shared the spoils at Arsenal and Chelsea this season.
O'Neill will check on the fitness of midfielder Gavin McCann, who has missed the last two games with a calf injury, before finalising his line-up to face the Reds.
Liverpool : Reina, Martin, Finnan, Carragher, Agger, Warnock, Paletta, Hyypia, Riise, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Zenden, Sissoko, Xabi Alonso, Pennant, Crouch, Fowler.
Aston Villa : Sorensen, Taylor, Hughes, Mellberg, Ridgewell, Bouma, Agbonlahor, Petrov, Davis, Barry, Angel, Barry, Osbourne, Laursen, Agathe, Sutton, Gardner, Whittingham, Cahill, Djemba-Djemba. -
villa drawn arsenal and chelsea away from home but tonight it will be a different story
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3-0 to pool!!
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finally villa cracked.
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Liverpool finally show some fighting spirit in this match... Seems like rafa get scold by one of the director got effect...
Full-time
Liverpool 3 - 1 Aston Villa