>> THANKS TO PETER AND GRAEME. THE STARTING LINEUP. >> TWO CHANGES MARTINEZ RETURNS IN GOAL. BUT MORE THAN THAT, THERE'S THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE FINAL KEY PASS, I THINK IN EITHER WING, THERE'S A FINE CAMPAIGN, TIELEMANS IS THE >> WHO HAS JURGEN KLOPP NAMED NEIN TERMS OF LIVERPOOL. >> GOMEZ COMES IN AT LEFT BACK. RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING AND PROTECTING THE BACK FOUR >>> IN FRONT, THE ASTON VILLA MARCH. ONE BIG FINAL NIGHT TOGETHER ONE SURGE FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THIS CAN BE THEIR SEASON'S CROWNI LIVERPOOL LEADER. AND THE OPPOSITE NUMBER, UNAI EMERY TWO TRANSFORMATIVE N OPPO TO BECOME LEGENDS IN THE CLUB IN TERMS OF RECENT HISTORY. UP AGAINST A FANTASTIC OPPONENT IN LIVERPOOL WHO ARE PLAYING FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR MANAGER AND WHAT IS COMING IN THE NEXT SEASON. >> Peter: HARVEY ELLIOTT, MO SALA. ELLIOTT DIDN'T STOP. AND MARTINEZ BUILT IT IN. ON 60 SECONDS. THEY SAY THE GREATEST KEEPER IN THE WORLD, A CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION. AND HE HAS LET IT SLIP THROUGH HIS FINGERS LIKE SAND. >> Graeme: NO ONE MORE SHOCKED THAN EMILIANO MARTINEZ HERE. COMPLETE ERROR, LIVERPOOL'S FIRST POSSESSION. 1:35 ON THE CLOCK. THIS IS JUST AN ABERRATION FOR THE GOALKEEPER. SLIGHT DEFLECTION WHICH SENDS IT BACK TOWARDS THE GOAL. THERE'S THE DEFLECTION THERE OFF PAU TORRES. HAS HIS HANDS ON IT, ALREADY THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WITH THE BALL BEFORE HE'S ACTUALLY CAUGHT IT. TERRIBLE START FOR MARTINEZ. HE NEEDS HISE TONE AND THE TEMPO FOR THE TEAM IN TERMS OF PHYSICALITY. AS WELL AS A GOOD TECHNICIAN. >> Peter: ELLIOTT. SALAH FANCIES THIS. SALAH SKIPS AWAY FROM DEAN. SALAH, SKIDDED WIDE. >> Graeme: THE OTHER PLAYER I WAS GOING TO ONCE AGAIN IT'S THIS CONTEST BETWEEN DIGNE AND SALAH. DIGNE COMING OUT ON TOP. SO FAR A LOVELY BALL IN PUSHING DOWN BY DIAZ AND THE ASSISTANT REFEREE IN PERFECT POSITION TO CALL THAT ONE. DIGNE NEEDS TO SORT THE DISTANCES WITHOUT A SALAH, NEEDS TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE, NOT TOO MUCH BUT A LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE. >> Peter: McGINN, HERE'S WATKINS. ALSO ENGAGES. WATKINS AROUND THE OUTSIDE, QUITE A RUN FROM OLLIE WATKINS, TIELEMANS! VILLA FEEL IT AGAIN! THE NIGHT THEY NEEDED, PERHAPS THEIR FILM STAR NIGHT. AND TIELEMANS FOR NOW IS THE SUPERSTAR. THEY'RE LEVEL. >> Graeme: YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED IT TO FALL TO ANYONE ELSE, TIELEMANS EXCELLENT TECHNIQUE ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX. A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IS ASTON VILLA INTERFERING WITH PLAY, MAYBE IN THE LINE OF ALISSON, THE LIVERPOOL GOALKEEPER. A GOOD LOOK HERE. WATKINS DOES LOVELY, LOVELY ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT THERE HAD BEEN ANY MEANINGFUL FALLOUT BETWEEN MO SALA AND HIS OUTGOING COACH IS UTTERLY QUASHED BY SALAH'S PERFORMANCES SINCE THAT MINOR SPAT AT WEST HAM. HE'S CLEARLY UP FOR THIS. GAKPO. SALAH. DIAZ. OUTSIDE OF HIM IS JOE GOMEZ! AND GAKPO SEES IT OVER THE LINE. AND LIVERPOOL'S LEAD IS RESTORED. >> Graeme: THERE'S A PRESUMPTION IN THE ASTON VILLA DEFENSE THAT GAKPO IS OFF SIDE. DON'T KNOW. AGAIN, LIVERPOOL BREAKING WELL. SALAH ON THAT RIGHT-HAND SIDE, CUTTING ACROSS THE PITCH AND OPENING THE GAME UP, AND AS SOON AS DIAZ PICKS THE BALL UP HERE WHAT DEFENDER IT IS, LET ALONE DRAW A LINE ACROSS THE SET TO ABSOLUT. >> Peter: HE'S ENTACT. McGINN HAS THE FREE KICK. BY JOHN McGINN. PUTTING PRESSURE ON GOMEZ. PAU TORRES IS IN THE MIX AS WELL. TIELEMANS HAS GOT A TOUCH. HERE'S LEON BAILEY! OH! JUST THE MEREST CONNECTION WOULD HAVE DONE. ANY TOUCH AT ALL FROM DIEGO CARLOS. >> Graeme: BRILLIANT WORK BY BAILEY LOVELY PASS IN, BUT LOOK HOW QUICK HE GETS HIS FEET SORTED OUT IN A TIGHT AREA. AND THEN HE HAS A LOOK, JUST GETS ENOUGH TIME TO GET HIS HEA? HARRY SHORE. A MEMBER OF THE VINTAGE ASTON VILLA SIDE OF THE LATE '70s, EARLY '80s CHAMPIONS OF THE LAND, CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE. McGINN. DIABY IS ON THE WAY. MOUSSA DIABY HAS BLAZED IT HIGH AND WIDE! >> Graeme: HOW HE WOULTHE LIVER ISN'T IT? THINGS WE'VE ACHIEVED. >> Peter: THEY'VE ACHIEVED PLENTY. ONE TROPHY THIS SEASON. A MONTH OR SO AGO THERE WAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THERE WOULDN'T BE MORE. ELLIOTT'S FREE KICK! TERRIFIC HEADER, JARELL QUANSAH! A MAGICAL MOMENT FOR THE YOUNG CENTER HALF. HIS FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL AND IT'S A PEACH AT VILLA PARK AND IT HURTS ASTON VILLA AND UNAI EMERY. >> Graeme: THIS IS A FANTASTIC GOAL. GREAT BALL IN INITIALLY. COMES UP BENEATH, BELOW EVERYONE, THE BACK POST ON SIDE. GETS UP EARLY. REALLY HANG TIME ISN'T IT, MORE BASKETBALL THAN FOOTBALL THE WAY HE GETS HIMSELF IN THE AIR TO HOLD POSITION AND JUST ENOUGH TO PUT BAILEY OFF ANTICIPATING THE LONG PASS. >> Peter: TORRES HAD A HANDFUL OF MO SALAH THERE ON THE BLIND SIDE OF THE REFEREE. GOT AWAY IT. DOUGLAS LUIZ. EXCHANGE WITH TIELEMANS. DOUGLAS LUIZ. BAILEY. WATKINS! VILLA BACK IN IT PROMPTLY.S JUSF SIDE. AND DIABY RUNNING ONTO THE BALL WAS CLEARLY ON SIDE IF HE HAD TAKEN IT. NOT SO SURE. >> Peter: BAILEY AND WATKINS ARE HAVING AN ANIMATED CONVERSATION HERE ABOUT WHAT TH NO GOAL. NO GOAL. AND THE MOUNTAIN REMAINS AS STEEP AS IT WAS A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. >> Graeme: A LOVELY BREAK. IF BAILEY HAD LEFT THAT, INITIALLY HE SLOWS DOWN. DIABY THEN HESITATES. A BIT OF CONFUSION. THE PROBLEM IS, AS PLAYERS YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK EVERYTHING OUT WHILE GOING AFTER THE BALL AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ONCE YOU GET TO THE BALL. >> Peter: ELLIOTT. OUR COMMENTA POSITION LINE. >> Peter: MY IMPRESSION WAS IT WAS SALAH WHO GOT THE TOUCH. MAYBE IT WAS ELLIOTT.N AFFORD TO SHRUG TO SOME EXTENT.OUT OF R AND CATCHES GOMEZ, A SHOVE IN THE BACK THERE. >> Peter: A GOOD NUMBER OF MIGHT HAVE BEEN MOMENTS FOR ASTON VILLA TONIGHT. DIABY HAS BEEN AROUND TWO OR THREE OF THEM. DIEGO CARLOS MISS. AND BORDERLINE OFFSIDE. HERE'S DIABY AND ZANIOLO! ALISSON PLUNGE RYAN GRAVENBERCH AHEAD IN MIDFIELD. >> Peter: SZOBOSZLAI. MARTINEZ TO CLEAR WHICH HE DID WITHOUT MUCH CONVICTION. TO SZOBOSZLAI. SALAH. SZOBOSZLAI BLOTTED OUT BY MARTINEZ. >> Graeme: BRILLIANT. NUNEZ. SALAH. DARWIN NUNEZ. TOWARDS GRAVENBERCH. GRAVENBERCH, MO SALAH. SQUEEZE TOWAE TWO CENTERBACKS. ORCHESTRATED BY VAN DIJK. KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYTHING GOING ON AS BAILEY HAS HAD A BUSY SECOND HALF. THE PENALTY AREA AND THEN CHECKS BACK ANOTHER SPIN, LOVELY PASS INTO DURAN. THAT TWO TOUCH GETS ACROSS TO PUT IN THE BLOCK. >> Peter: CHAMBERS. JHON DURAN! DURAN! HUNGRY LIKE A WOLF. AND VILLA HAVE A SNIFF OF IT. >> Graeme: WE'VE SEEN HIM TAKE THE BALL SO MANY TIMES. THAT ONE, BACK >> Peter: THE PACE THAT DEMANDS. >> Peter: CURTIS JONES, NUNEZ. FLYING AWAY. DARWIN NUNEZ! OFF SIDE >> Peter: GOMEZ ON BAILEY. VILLA'S BALL. UNAI EMERY KICKING EVERY BALL. McGINN. DIABY. DRIVING AWAY FROM MacALLISTER. IT'S MOUSSA DIABY. IT'S COME OFF DURAN! IT'S 3-3! WHAT A WONDERFUL FOOTBALL MATCH ON A WONDERFUL STAGE. WHAT A NIGHT. NOW THAT'S THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE! >> Graeme: AND WE COMPLETE THE DURAN DURAN LINE PETER, THAT'S TWICE HE SCORED. OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE CHECKED AGAIN. IT JUST COMES OFF HIS LEFT FOOT. BRILLIANT BREAK BY DIABY AND THEN HE LOSES CONTROL HERE. PLAYS IT WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT WITH WAY TOO MUCH PAIN ON IT FOR DURAN TO CONTROL THE BALL. COMES OF. THE ENERGY. >> Peter RIGHT ARM STICKS IT OU. THE POWER GENERATED IN THE SHOT. >> Graeme: FLUNG IN BY DIGNE. CARLOS. AWAY BY ALEXANDER-ARNOLD. AND PAU TORRES IS ASKING A QUESTION OF SIMON HOOPER, WHICH IS BEING CHECKED BY THE VAR. DE HE'S FOULED. CRASHED INTO A -- SOME OF THIS MAY HURT BUT THESE ARE THE EVENINGS THAT HE COME TO MISS IN THE COMING
