Liverpool Ditekuk Aston Villa 1-0 di Depan Pendukungnya
Aston Villa Beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Liverpool (B2B) - Liverpool tersandung di kandang mereka sendiri, Anfield, dan tumbang dari tim tamu Aston Villa dengan skor 1-0 dalam laga lanjutan Liga Utama Inggris 2014/2015, Minggu dini hari WIB.
Gol semata wayang Villa dicetak Gaby Agbonlahor pada menit 9 memanfaatkan bola sepak pojok Ashley Westwood yang sempat menyentuh kepada Philippe Senderos, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Sementara itu Liverpool, meski memiliki penguasaan bola di atas 60 persen, namun gagal membangun serangan yang efektif.
Satu-satunya peluang emas tim asuhan Brendan Rodgers untuk menyamakan kedudukan adalah melalui tendangan di tepi kotak penalti oleh Philippe Coutinho yang masih membentur tiang kiri gawang Brad Guzan pada menit 81.
Hasil tersebut menjadi kekalahan kedua Liverpool musim ini setelah sebelumnya dikalahkan juara bertahan Manchester City 3-1 pada pekan kedua dan kini tertahan di peringkat 8 klasemen sementara.
Sementara bagi Villa hasil tersebut membuat mereka kini berada di peringkat kedua dengan koleksi 10 poin setelah belum terkalahkan di empat laga pertama dan memenangi tiga di antaranya.
Liverpool - An early goal from Gabby Agbonlahor was enough for Aston Villa thanks to a stalwart showing at the back, propelling Villa to second in the table.
Aston Villa's dream start to the season continued with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield. Gabby Agbonlahor celebrated his new contract by cleaning up a scrappy chance from a corner in the 9th minute, and Villa nearly doubled their lead just three minutes later when Philippe Senderos' free header from a set-piece went just wide.
Following a relatively even opening half-hour, Liverpool took the reins and dominated possession the rest of the way.
But thanks to an absolute masterclass in organization and team defending, their quality chances would prove to be few and far between in what was doubtlessly a frustrating day for Brendan Rodgers' side.
The final statistics weren't especially impressive; Liverpool held 75% of the possession, out shot Villa 18-5, and the visitors completed just 63% of the 233 - 233! - passes they attempted. But the context is important; once Liverpool made the adjustments needed to control the possession, Villa's original approach wasn't going to work anymore.