Liverpool player ratings: 6-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool run riot against a poor Aston Villa and secures the three points

Finally, Liverpool managed to earn a convincing win! Its valentine’s day, and this love story is one that’s made me very very happy. First off, the combination of Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge was beautiful – even more so than we had hoped. Aston Villa were incredibly poor, which means that giving Liverpool too much praise would be foolish, but the reds did play some very good football and earned themselves a huge 6-0 victory away from home.

Goals scored by Sturridge, James Milner, Emre Can, Divock Origi, Nathaniel Clyne and even Kolo Toure helped grab the three points in this game against Villa. Just take a second to think about the fact that Kolo Toure now has more Premier League goals than Eden Hazard – wonderful, isn’t it.

Here’s what Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports after the game –

“The whole package was not too bad today. Everything good happened today because Aston Villa were very ambitious before the game but under pressure. We made a brilliant first goal. We had a few more chances and this was very important. It does not happen too much where as a manager can enjoy the last 20 minutes. A very clear result in the end.

“It makes a difference having both Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge are on the pitch, you can only play them when they are fit and available. We want the highest quality on the pitch as much as possible, you saw that today.

“We are always clear. When you are injured and out, you need time and when you are back, you are back. It is a situation where you want to play football, it is good Sturridge can do this now.

“We have two Europa League games coming up, then the League Cup final. They are big games and we will see who we can bring in.

“We broke the opponent after the third or fourth goal. After that they cannot come back into the game.”

Here’s Rush the Kop’s player ratings for the game against Aston Villa.

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