HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool 
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Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:52
Half-time! Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
45+3 mins: Villa take a slender lead into the break and they’ve left Liverpool with work to do to get back into this game.
In truth the match has been fairly even, as you’d expect from two clubs next to each other in the table.
Villa’s lead comes courtesy of a fine strike from Rogers.
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:48
45 mins: Three minutes of added time to play in the first half.
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:46
Morgan Rogers’ goal stemmed from a short corner and Villa’s set-piece coach Austin McPhee celebrated, but that means Liverpool have now conceded 19 set-piece goals in the Premier League this season.
“It is the most in the division.”
Richard Jolly at Villa Park15 May 2026 20:46
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool (Morgan Rogers, 42′)
Lucas Digne plays a corner all the way back to John McGinn and the Liverpool defenders push out of their own box.
McGinn slides it back to Digne who flicks it inside for Morgan Rogers.
Rogers takes a touch then curls his effort into the far bottom corner!
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:43
41 mins: Matty Cash is shown a harsh yellow card. He moves in to challenge Milos Kerkez who is clearing Liverpool’s danger zone.
Kerkez follows through andcollides with Cash’s outstretched leg.
The referee sees the challenge as heavy and books the Villa man. A harsh, if understandable, call from the official.
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:42
39 mins: Szoboszlai swings another corner kick into the six yard box and Konate is there.
So too is Martinez and the goalkeeper pushes it away before it reaches the big centre back.
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:38
36 mins: Liverpool’s control continues but there hasn’t been much of a threat.
Creatively, the Reds have been found lacking all season in front of goal and that’s one of the reasons the fans have latched so strongly onto Rio Ngumoha.
The teenager seems fearless and is willing to take players on.
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:36
33 mins: Villa have defended well. The last 15 minutes have all belongs to Liverpool who’ve had five shots with two of them on target in that time.
Gomez launches a throw in into the Villa box from the left but the hosts smoke it clear once again.
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:34
30 mins: Liverpool win a couple of corners in quick succession. The first is played short and leads to the second.
The second is whipped onto the head of Alexis Mac Allister whose headed is turned over the top!
Mike Jones15 May 2026 20:33