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Villains put seven past Liverpool in shock Premiership win

Oct 05, 2020

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Defending champions Liverpool have fallen to one of their heaviest Premiership defeats, suffering a 7-2 loss away to Aston Villa.

Ollie Watkins netted a hattrick while Jack Grealish scored a brace to complete a remarkable victory for the Villains.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp says his side will have to take full responsibility. 

"All the things you should not do in a football game, we did tonight. But all credit to Villa for forcing us to do that. So nobody to blame apart from us"

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It was the first time since 1963 that they've conceded seven goals, and drops The Reds down to fifth in the table while Villa move up to second. 

There was another shock result at Old Trafford where Tottenham humiliated Man United 6-1.

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This equals United's record Premier League defeat, having also gone down 6-1 at home to Man City back in 2011.

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It was also the heaviest loss since Ole Gunnar Solksjaer took over as manager.

In other selected Premiership results, Arsenal defeated Sheffield United 2-1

While West Ham ended Leicester's 100 percent start to the season...beating the Foxes 3-0.

Elsewhere...

Newly-crowned UEFA Player of the Year Robert Lewandowski scored all four goals as Bayern Munich edged past Hertha Berlin 4-3 in the Bundesliga.

While, Real Madrid moved top of La Liga...after a 2-nil win over Levante.

Halep, Zverev out

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Top seed Simona Halep is out of the French Tennis Open after falling to a surprise fourth round defeat to her unseeded Polish opponent.

Meanwhile, Rafa Nadal and Dominic Thiem are both through to the quarterfinals of the men's draw, although Alexander Zverev was a fourth round casualty.