Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more tonight

As properly as a dramatic title race, the Premier League is heading for a frantic late scramble to determine the ultimate European locations this season – with a number of spots nonetheless up for grabs as we enter the ultimate week of the marketing campaign.

Aston Villa are within the driving seat to safe the fourth Champions League place, in what can be a surprising achievement for Unai Emery’s aspect. But Tottenham Hotspur are nonetheless mathematically in with a shout, even when a poor run of type for Ange Postecoglou’s aspect has Spurs trying over their shoulders as properly.

Manchester United, in the meantime, have all of the sudden dropped out of the race for sixth, as each Newcastle United and Chelsea take pleasure in resurgent ends to tough campaigns. So, with per week of the season to go, right here’s how the battle for the ultimate European locations is shaping up.

Eight and a half years after Jurgen Klopp’s reign started towards Tottenham, 5 years after it peaked in a Champions League last towards them, Spurs could show a last instance of what made it nice and why Anfield will mourn the German.

An action-packed affair – like many a recreation this season, a few of the drama stemmed from Liverpool’s defensive frailties – contained irrepressible urgent, irresistible attacking soccer, a aim and two assists from a rampant and recalled Mohamed Salah: Liverpool’s solely remorse may very well be that it got here now and not a couple of weeks earlier. If it was too late for the title race, it was too good for Tottenham.

Klopp in all probability didn’t borrow considered one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s more notorious team talks – “lads, it’s Tottenham” – however he might have carried out.

But Van Dijk insists he’s pleased on the membership as they transfer into the brand new period which can be beneath his compatriot Arne Slot, the Feyenoord head coach with whom Liverpool have agreed a deal in addition to compensation with the Eredivisie aspect.

Yet that goodbye could now be at risk as he faces the specter of a touchline ban forward of the Reds’s season finale towards Wolves at Anfield on Sunday.

In the closing minutes of Liverpool’s win over Tottenham on Sunday, many at Anfield had been singing a Nottingham Forest substitute’s identify. Not, admittedly, as a result of he’s a Nottingham Forest substitute. But if mentions of Divock Origi had been a reminder the Belgian scored Liverpool’s second aim within the 2019 Champions League last towards Spurs, it was, at most, solely his second best night time on the membership.

Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the very best, the sport that encapsulated all the pieces that was very good about Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Barcelona – and the small print are sufficiently well-known that one phrase can suffice as an evidence – introduced fearless, ferocious attacking soccer in an intense ambiance, Liverpool’s capability for comebacks proven by their most sensational. Klopp, the supervisor who pledged at his unveiling to show doubters into believers, had Anfield believing within the not possible till it grew to become potential and then precise. A coach who declared his intention was to not be the very best team on the planet however to beat the very best could have achieved the previous by doing the latter.

Following Sunday’s 4-2 win over Tottenham, the Uruguay worldwide, who missed a relatively-simple one-on-one with goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario after approaching in its place, deleted all photos of him taking part in for Liverpool from his Instagram account.

That led to elevated conjecture in regards to the 24-year-old, who has loved a combined couple of seasons since becoming a member of from Benfica for a possible club-record £85million switch price.

But Klopp believes the ahead’s targets – he has 33 in 94 appearances – and assists don’t give a fully-rounded image of his contribution.

Pep Guardiola has informed Manchester City there is no such thing as a room for error at Tottenham as he believes their hopes of a fourth successive title can be over in the event that they drop factors.

After cruising to victory over Fulham final weekend, there’s a state of affairs the place City might attract London and declare the title on aim distinction in the event that they thrash West Ham on Sunday and one other the place Arsenal drop factors towards Everton.

But Guardiola, who has by no means received on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium within the Premier League, feels something aside from a victory might come at an enormous value.

City have received their final seven league video games and Guardiola in contrast it to earlier run-ins the place his aspect completed with successful runs.

“It’s obvious,” Guardiola stated. “We have just one option: win the game. We travel for that. I felt from what happened in the past with the way we were playing against Liverpool [for the title] I said either we win, win, win or it will be over.”

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Welcome to The Independent’s protection of tonight’s Premier League motion as Aston Villa tackle Liverpool.

The hosts will hope to cap off a spectacular season with a victory over the Reds which might safe them a spot within the Champions League subsequent 12 months.

They come into the sport fourth within the league with a four-point buffer over Tottenham. Three factors this night woulc give them an unassailable lead and guarantee Unai Emery’s males are taking part in within the European top-flight in 2024/25.

Liverpool, in the meantime, are out of the title race and are simply specializing in ending the season on a excessive. Boss Jurgen Klopp is leaving on the conclusion of this season and the team can be hoping to ship him off with two wins from their final two league video games.

We’ll have all of the updates, team information and line-ups all through the afternoon to stay with us as we construct as much as kick off at 8pm.