Liverpool kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City by coming from behind to beat Aston Villa.
After Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson failed to hold Douglas Luiz’s header, Jurgen Klopp’s side was stunned after only three minutes.
Within three minutes, Joel Matip equalized after a goalmouth scramble, and the teams traded chances before Sadio Mane put the visitors ahead in the 65th minute with a spectacular angled header from Luis Diaz’s cross.
Liverpool now trails Manchester City only on goal differential ahead of Wolves’ visit on Wednesday.
Former Liverpool striker Danny Ings missed chances to equalize and dent his old club’s hopes of completing a historic quadruple – though the Reds did suffer an injury setback when influential midfielder Fabinho was forced off in the first half with a hamstring problem, ruling him out of Saturday’s FA Cup final against Chelsea.
