Liverpool 5 – Aston Villa 0 (22nd March 2009) Video Highlights
Liverpool beat Aston Villa 5-0 with a hattrick from Steven Gerrard and goals from Dirk Kuyt and Albert Riera to close the gap on Manchester United to just one point.
Rafa Benitez was pleased with the performance on the whole, but felt that Liverpool could have scored more. He said:
“The team was doing well but it’s true I am not totally happy because we could have scored more goals from the counter attack. We were playing against 10 players and had three or four more chances. It’s really important to take them because you never know what’s going to happen with the goal difference.
“Today it wasn’t key but in other games it has been. I wanted more goals. It’s an area we need to improve.
“Don’t get me wrong, I am really pleased and happy. The players did a fantastic job but you can always improve.”
Liverpool 5 – Aston Villa 0: Video Highlights:
TEAMS:
LIVERPOOL
Reina, Aurelio, Carragher, Skrtel, Arbeloa, Riera, Alonso, Mascherano, Kuyt, Gerrard (captain), Torres. Subs – Hyypia, Agger, Ngog, Dossena, El Zhar, Leiva, Cavalieri
ASTON VILLA
Friedel, Young, Davies, Cuellar, Reo-Coker, Young, Barry (captain), Petrov, Milner, Carew, Heskey. Subs – Gardner, Shorey, Guzan, Knight, Delfouneso, Salifou, Agbonlahor
Referee : Martin Atkinson
