Arne Slot guided Liverpool five points clear of Manchester City in securing a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday evening. Goals from Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah moved the Reds even further ahead of the Citizens in the Premier League table – having remarkably won nine of 11 outings so far this season. Liverpool would have presumably been wary of affording Aston Villa many attacking opportunities at Anfield – given the talent of Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers, Jhon Duran and others – although Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate marshalled the backline superbly throughout. Van Dijk even praise…
