Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool: Aston Villa Crush Liverpool To Climb To Second Place

Aston Villa have won four consecutive home Premier League matches for the first time since October 2007, while Liverpool's 11 goals conceded is their most at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1964-65.

A perfect hat-trick from Ollie Watkins fired Aston Villa to second place after a sensational 7-2 win over champions Liverpool.

Watkins scored three goals in the first half to put Villa in control, with Jack Grealish, Ross Barkley, Anwar El Ghazi and John McGinn also on target after the break.

Liverpool, who were without the injured Virgil van Dijk and Thiago Alcantara, pulled two goals back through Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane but it was a chastening night for the visitors.

The result sees Villa move up to second in the table, two points behind leaders Everton, while Liverpool drop to fifth.