Jurgen Klopp revealed that he was not sure what to make of Fabinho’s ‘positive’ reaction after the Brazilian midfielder was forced off with a potentially troublesome injury during the early stages of Liverpool’s win over Aston Villa on Tuesday. Douglas Luiz’s early opener was immediately cancelled out by Joel Matip’s equaliser before Sadio Mane headed home with just 25 minutes remaining to secure a much-needed victory for the Reds, who will be desperately hoping for Manchester City to slip up and give them a lifeline in their bid to achieve Premier League glory between now and the end of the season.
Villa took a quick-fire lead through Luiz, who capitalised on a defensive mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Kostas Tsimikas to poke the ball home from close raneg after just three minutes. Matip went on to reply just moments later when he was gifted a tap-in as Van Dijk’s shot was parried into his path by Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
Liverpool struggled to get going over the course of the 90 minutes but were ultimately saved by Mane, who nudged the ball into the back of the net with a fine header during the closing stages of the contest.
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