Battle for 4th place Aston Villa beat Liverpool and secure their Champions League ticket

Aston Villa beat Liverpool 4-2 to secure their place in the Champions League.

Thanks in part to a brace from Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa moved up to fourth place in the table in the penultimate round of the championship. As a result, coach Unai Emery's team are now in with a chance of qualifying for the Champions League just five days before the Europa League final. Aston Villa, who beat Basel and YB 2:1 in the league phase of Europe's second-highest competition, will face Freiburg in the final in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Liverpool, who have picked up just one point from the last three rounds, also have a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League. Chasers Bournemouth are four points behind fifth-placed Liverpool and face title contenders Manchester City on Tuesday.

Aston Villa

Completed

4:2

(1:0)

Liverpool

• Morgan Rogers - 1:0 (42.)
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• Ollie Watkins - 2:1 (57.)
• Ollie Watkins - 3:1 (73.)
• John McGinn - 4:1 (89.)
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• (52.) 1:1 - Virgil van Dijk
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• (90.+2.) 4:2 - Virgil van Dijk

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90.+9.
End of 2nd half
90.+2.
Goal for Liverpool, 4:2 through Virgil van Dijk (Dominik Szoboszlai)

Virgil van Dijk
Defender

Assist: Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder
90.
Substitution in Aston Villa

Douglas Luiz
Midfielder
90.
Substitution out Aston Villa

Youri Tielemans
Midfielder
90.
Substitution in Aston Villa

Jadon Sancho
Striker
90.
Substitution out Aston Villa

John McGinn
Midfielder
89.
Goal for Aston Villa, 4:1 through John McGinn (Ollie Watkins)

John McGinn
Midfielder

Assist: Ollie Watkins
Striker
85.
Substitution in Aston Villa

Ian Maatsen
Defender
85.
Substitution out Aston Villa

Emiliano Buendia
Midfielder
75.
Substitution in Liverpool

Mohamed Salah
Striker
75.
Substitution out Liverpool

Cody Gakpo
Striker
73.
Goal for Aston Villa, 3:1 through Ollie Watkins

Ollie Watkins
Striker
66.
Substitution in Liverpool

Florian Wirtz
Midfielder
66.
Substitution out Liverpool

Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder
66.
Substitution in Liverpool

Federico Chiesa
Striker
66.
Substitution out Liverpool

Joe Gomez
Defender
66.
Yellow card Aston Villa
John McGinn
62.
Yellow card Liverpool
Joe Gomez
57.
Goal for Aston Villa, 2:1 through Ollie Watkins (Morgan Rogers)

Ollie Watkins
Striker

Assist: Morgan Rogers
Midfielder
52.
Goal for Liverpool, 1:1 through Virgil van Dijk (Dominik Szoboszlai)

Virgil van Dijk
Defender

Assist: Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder
46.
Substitution in Aston Villa

Ross Barkley
Midfielder
46.
Substitution out Aston Villa

Victor Lindelöf
Midfielder
46.
Kick-off 2nd half
45.+4.
End of 1st half
45.+3.
Yellow card Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins
42.
Goal for Aston Villa, 1:0 through Morgan Rogers (Lucas Digne)

Morgan Rogers
Midfielder

Assist: Lucas Digne
Defender
39.
Yellow card Aston Villa
Matthew Cash
1.
Start of the match