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Game #4481

Aston Villa

Monday, 22 September 1997

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Lost

16th (-7)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Liverpool

Anfield

Attendance: 34,843

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Liverpool

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 22 September 1997

🕒 | HT Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool, pen), Robbie Fowler
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Steve McManaman
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool), Karl-Heinz Riedle
🕒 | FT Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Gareth Southgate

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 22 September 1997

  • Villa lose for the first time in five but for the fifth time in nine Premier League games under Brian Little to drop back to 16th in the table.

  • After their mini recovery Villa suffer another heavy defeat to wnd a run of 3 wins after Villa and Liverpool were unusually required to play consecutive Saturday and Monday fixtures by the Premier League. 

  • Future Villa goalkeeper David James and future Villa midfielder Patrick Berger line up for Liverpool.

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Liverpool

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #135 |
Monday, 22 September 1997

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🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 135 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 37 🟥 39 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1981-1998
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 19 April 1997, Villa 1-1 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Gareth Southgate

CARDS

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🟨 Karl-Heinz Riedle

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Saša Ćurčić drops to the subs bench as Simon Grayson is recalled.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.32 |

Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.90 |

Referee

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Roy Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK David James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Stig Inge Bjørnebye | 🇳🇴 |
CB Bjørn Tore Kvarme | 🇳🇴 |
CB Phil Babb | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jamie Carragher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve McManaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
CF Robbie Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Michael Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Danny Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Robbie Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | (CF Karl-Heinz Riedle | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Tony Warner | 🇹🇹 |
M Nicky Rizzo | 🇦🇺 |
W Mark Kennedy | 🇮🇪 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa appeared the more assured. particularly when Draper began to assert his control on proceedings. Ably assisted by the busy Simon Grayson. Draper began dispatching the ball to all parts of Anfield's sumptuous surface."
Quotes

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent*
Tuesday, 23 September 1997

Fowler spot on but Owen steals show LIVERPOOL overcame their nerves and then Aston Villa in a game of gathering dramas at Anfield last night. Missing so many regulars. Roy Evans' makeshift side produced little of note until the second half, when Robbie Fowler's penalty relaxed them and led to two further goals, a magnificent run and strike from Steve McManaman and a final flourish from Karlheinz Riedle. Although not on the scoresheet. Michael Owen proved the pivotal figure, running with gusto throughout. even during the long first-half periods when his team-mates stuttered. He won the penalty which allowed Fowler. starting a game for the first time this season, to register his 11th goal in 10 games against Villa. Then, in the final minute. Owen raced through to set up Riedle. It was another fine display from a phenomenal prospect. The hugely welcome return of Fowler, making his first start since April, was offset by the loss of almost half the team who started against Southampton on Saturday. Evans has a decent side residing in the treatment room, not the dressing room. Paul Ince. Jason McAteer. Dominic Matteo and Mark Wright joined Jamie Redknapp. Oyvind Leonhardsen, Rob Jones. Steve Harkness and Neil Ruddock in the stands, although Riedle at least made the bench. For all their problems. Liverpool began well. McManaman. wearing the captain's armband, presided over a thoroughly lively start, full of movement and belief, a period of real hope until Mark Draper shook Villa into life and local anxieties returned. The Kop could have been forgiven for venting its first-half frustration as their team's early brio dissolved. One moment, Owen was vaulting hoardings such was his speed and determination after getting in a cross. The next minute. Michael Thomas was conceding possession. Right before their very eyes. the Kop almost saw Villa take a fifth minute lead. Stan Collymore. jeered for ill-considered comments about his former club. unleashed a 20-yarder which David James palmed to his left. As Dwight Yorke slid in. James recovered to smother the danger. Yet still there were signs of promise from Liverpool's makeshift side particularly from Owen. who was always willing to form the first line of defence. lan Rush-style. Also on the credit side was the contribution of Jamie Carragher. a young midfielder who proved more than a stand-in centre-half. executing one exceptional penalty-box tackle on Dwight Yorke. His distribution will have pleased the watching Peter Taylor. the England U-21 coach. But these were the only plusses of a barren first period. Villa appeared the more assured. particularly when Draper began to assert his control on proceedings. Ably assisted by the busy Simon Grayson. Draper began dispatching the ball to all parts of Anfield's sumptuous surface. One cross-field pass to Fernando Nelson brought nods of approval even from the home support. Driven by Draper. Villa were improving all the time but failed to turn their possession into real penetration. Bjorn Tore Kvarme cleared the danger as Yorke lurked and Stan Collymore headed the ball far wide, much to the Kop's delight. Then, just before the half-hour. Draper again switched, this time from right to left, where Alan Wright waited unmarked. The wing-back's cross fizzed with danger, forcing Carragher into a hurried clearance. which he nearly sliced into his own net. Liverpool began the second half as they had the first, running with vigour but this time sustaining the momentum. Murphy and Patrik Berger. with long-range efforts. hinted at a resurgence. Then came the craved-for goal. admittedly from unpromising beginnings, hesitation in pointing to the spot, from where Fowler scored with such confidence it was hard to believe he had been away. Villa. throwing caution to the winds. replaced lan Taylor. a midfielder. with a forward, Julian Joachim. This adventure almost paid off when Steve Staunton. encouraged to push forward. brought a stop from David James. Liverpool. though, were in no mood to let things slip and. with 11 minutes remaining. McManaman swayed through. leaving a trail of defenders before unleashing a low. irresistible shot past Mark Bosnich. And still there was more. As the Kop roared 'Stan. what's the score.' Owen dribbled through Villa's disorganised ranks before squaring the ball for Riedle to score.
Reports

🟥 22 Sep 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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