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Game #5209

Aston Villa

Sunday, 31 March 2013

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Lost

18th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Liverpool

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,037

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Liverpool

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Assist(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 31’ |

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 31 March 2013

⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Christian Benteke, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Jordan Henderson
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool, pen), Steven Gerrard
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Barry Bannan, Sub on, Fabian Delph
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Yacouba Sylla, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
🟨 | 90’+1 Booking, Ashley Westwood
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool

Match Statistics

Possession F | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 17
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 13
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 8

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 31 March 2013

  • Villa slump back into the relegation places as their two game winning run against fellow strugglers is ended with a visit from Liverpool to leave Paul Lambert with seven games to add to Villa's seven wins in thirty one Premier League games under his leadership.

  • Villa lose their 15th Premier League match of the season under Paul Lambert.

  • Villa's run of two consecutive victories against relegation rivals comes to an end with defeat to seventh placed Liverpool and they fall back to 18th in the table on goal difference with 7 games left to play.

  • Ron Vlaar loses for the 10th time in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance to make it W8 D6 L10 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Barry Bannan makes his 84th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (50 Starts) before moving on to Crystal Palace for £1,890,000 in September 2013. Another player to have left too prematurely Bannan left with a record of W24 D23 L36, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 9 Bookings.

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2008-13 🕒 83 | 50 (33) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 28 | #814 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa 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: 2011-12

Aston Villa

Liverpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2012-13 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Sunday, 31 March 2013

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🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 1.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 9 🟥 17 | 1.23

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 10
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 Nov 12, Villa 0-0 Arsenal (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Dave Bryan, Andy Halliday

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ashley Westwood

🟨 Steven Gerrard

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Joe Bennett replaces Ciaran Clark (injury).

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.07 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 28.58 |

Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 21.67 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | 🔁 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Brendan Rodgers | 🇬🇧 |

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Liverpool

GK Pepe Reina | 🇪🇸 |
LB José Enrique | 🇪🇸 |
CB Daniel Agger | 🇩🇰 |
CB Jamie Carragher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Glen Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steven Gerrard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Phillippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Lucas Leiva | 🇧🇷 |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Luis Suárez | 🇺🇾 |

Line Ups

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 62’ |
🔁 W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | for CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 62’ |
🔁 M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | for M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | 76’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Phillippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | (W Raheem Sterling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Simon Dawkins | 🇯🇲 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Jones | 🇦🇺 |
CB Sebastián Coates | 🇺🇾 |
CB Martin Skrtel | 🇸🇰 |
M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Suso | 🇪🇸 |
CF Daniel Sturridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI: £43.66m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 5/18

SQUAD STATS

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Team Cost: £124.25m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/12

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 |

Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |

Suspension | 1 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |

Out on Loan | 3 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Stade Rennais
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Mallorca

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I thought first half we were excellent - I really did.” Paul Lambert, Sunday, 31 March 2013.
Quotes

🟥 31 March 2013, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 31 March 2013

*Aston Villa missed the chance to pull out of the Premier League relegation zone as Liverpool came from behind to stay in the hunt for a European place.* Paul Lambert’s side took the lead when Gabriel Agbonlahor’s lay-off found Christian Benteke, who powered home. Liverpool equalised shortly after the restart when Jordan Henderson dinked the ball past the reach of Brad Guzan. And Steven Gerrard scored the winner from the spot after Nathan Baker brought down Luis Suarez in the area. The second Liverpool goal came with 30 minutes left to play which gave the home side plenty of time to get something from the match. However, after Austrian Andreas Weimann blasted his shot horribly high over the bar and Gerrard cleared Benteke’s header off the line, it seemed the omens were not on Villa’s side. Boss Lambert now needs to reinvigorate his squad, who came into the match on the back of two successive league wins. This defeat leaves them on 30 points, below 17th-placed Wigan on goal difference following the Latics’ win against Norwich on Saturday. Villa travel to Stoke next week before facing Manchester United and fellow strugglers Sunderland in what will be a crucial month in the future of the club. It could have been a very different result for the Birmingham outfit had they not been so profligate in front on goal in the opening quarter of the match. Almost straight from the kick-off Joe Bennett, in for the injured Ciaran Clark, delivered a sumptuous ball from the left that both Benteke and Agbonlahor failed to connect with from six yards out. Moments later, Matthew Lowton swung in a cross from the other wing which this time found Agbonlahor, who wasted a golden chance by firing straight at Reina. They eventually took the lead when Ashley Westwood played a quarter-back pass into the path of Agbonlahor, who used his thigh to lay the ball into the path of Benteke. The Belgian, one of Villa’s key performers this season, gave Pepe Reina no chance with his finish. However, the half could have finished 3-3. Liverpool playmaker Suarez had two great chances - a shot that was tipped over by Brad Guzan and three that were easily saved when he was one-on-one with the Villa goalkeeper. The United States international also came to the rescue when he punched a Gerrard drive clear that was destined for the top corner. But he was helpless to stop the equaliser which came two minutes after the break. This time Gerrard found Philippe Coutinho with a long punt downfield. The Brazilian midfielder threaded a precise ball through to Henderson, who lifted his shot past Guzan. It was an excellent move and finish. Liverpool were in the ascendancy and Coutinho should have added another when he was put through by Suarez, while full-back Glen Johnson saw his strike come off a Villa player and rebound back off the far post. The home side were holding on until the hour mark when Baker, who came through the Villa ranks, scythed down Suarez. Referee Lee Mason pointed straight to the spot - there were few protestations. Gerrard stepped up and struck the ball low past Guzan. More chances came Villa’s way, but Weimann was wasteful when Yacouba Sylla found him with a ball from the right before Gerrard produced one of the best goalline clearances of the season when he nodded away Benteke’s powerful header. *Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers:* “We played reasonably well in the first half but we were punished for a mistake. We upped the tempo after the break and we were excellent. It is a terrific win for us. Both teams went right to the end. “Our quality was there for all to see, and the rhythm and flow of our passing was improved. “Villa went to a diamond and we exploited the space out wide. Coutinho’s pass for the Henderson goal was superb, and Henderson’s determination and desire to make the run was outstanding.”
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