Coming back to hold Liverpool 3-3 in round 37, Aston Villa remained solid in fourth place, with five points ahead of Tottenham before the final round of the Premier League. Led 1-3 until the 85th minute, but the comeback by substitute Jhon Duran in the last minute helped Aston Villa hold to a one-point draw at Villa Park. Unai Emery’s team is currently fourth with 68 points, five points ahead of Tottenham. Aston Villa will officially win tickets to the Champions League next season, if Tottenham does not win against Man City in round 34 today. In the contract match against Man City, Tottenham will shorten the gap with Aston Villa to two points. They still need to win against relegated club Sheffield United and at the same time, expect Aston Villa to lose at Crystal Palace in the final round, to be able to finish in third place.

The final match of round 37 at Villa Park on May 13 took place with a spectacular attack. Liverpool immediately opened the scoring with the ball first in the second minute, when Harvey Elliott from the right side hit midfielder Pau Torres to change direction. 2022 World Cup champion Emiliano Martinez was startled and kicked the ball into his own net.

With 61 seconds, this is the earliest own goal in the Premier League, since Antolin Alcaraz scored after just 54 seconds in the match Everton vs Southampton in April 2014. This is also the third time Martinez has conceded a goal in the Premier League – the worst statistics of any goalkeeper in the history of the tournament. At 12 and 23 minutes, Youri Tielemans scored an equalizer from outside the penalty area. score, then Cody Gakpo filled in on the empty board to set up Liverpool. This time was the 1,195th and 1,196th goals in the Premier League this season, becoming the season with the second highest number of goals in the history of the tournament after only the 1992-1993 season with 1,222 goals.

In the 48th minute, Elliott took a penalty kick, midfielder Jarell Quansah headed diagonally and threw the ball into the net, leaving Martinez stranded. After that, two halves continuously squandered good opportunities and the difference only came in the 85th minute. After losing the ball right in front of Alexis Mac Allister’s penalty area, substitute Jhon Duran broke his left foot and stuck the ball into the far corner. , shortening the score to 2-3. Three minutes later, Moussa Diaby rushed into the middle and then, drunk by the ball, Duran changed direction, causing Alisson Becker to miss. The 3-3 score was scored for Duran and he became the first substitute player to score a double against Liverpool in the Premier League since Leroy Sane (Man City) in September 2017.

On May 19, Liverpool will return to their home stadium Anfield to meet Wolves in the final under Jurgen Klopp.