We asked for your thoughts after Friday's Premier League game between Aston Villa and Liverpool.
Here are some of your comments:
Aston Villa fans
Nick: Superb – really wasn't expecting that high-energy performance. They can now go to Istanbul without the added pressure of Champions League qualification doubts.
Richard: I am in dreamland. To think where Villa were a few seasons ago, then compare it to now, unbelievable. Another great team performance. Watkins has found form at the right time. If Villa can replicate that performance on Wednesday night, what a season we will have had. Only niggle, why wasn't Emery considered for Premier League Manager of the Season?
Leigh: A superb result, the team played well and collectively. This is the Villa we know, big game, big performance. In Emery we trust.
Prit: Another magnificent half by Villa. When we play front-foot football, we are unplayable. I loved the way we moved the ball quickly up the pitch and great vision by Martinez for playing the ball long to find Watkins on numerous occasions. Some really great goals with Watkins and Rogers finding their mojo, but what a final goal by captain fantastic, Super John McGinn. In truth, we could have beaten Liverpool by six or seven and just a real shame that Buendia couldn't get the goal he deserved. So, Champions League football sorted, all we need to do is play a focused game of football in Istanbul to cap off the season. Well done Unai and well done Villa!
Liverpool fans
Dax: This season Slot has made great players look ordinary. Salah, Van Dijk, Gravenberch are all shadows of their previous seasons and the players he's brought in are nothing like their price tag suggests. They did not become bad players overnight. You've only got to look at the performances for their country to see that the problem is Slot. However, it's interesting to note that when our players are having to stretch out, run faster or make up for stray passes (which is happening a lot) to see where our injuries are coming from. We are chasing every game and as a result very few of our players are playing to their potential.
Christian: The credit Slot had in the bank from winning the league last season just isn't enough to forgive the utter dross us fans are having to endure. Even with the extensive injury list, there should still be signs of improvement from the training ground. If anything, we're easier to beat now than at any point this season. We must have a change in the summer. I'm sorry to say – the players clearly do not believe in Slot's philosophy.
Fuzzy: It's clear and obvious Slot has lost the plot as well as the players. There is no clear system, no tactical nous, it's a 'hope for the best' situation in every game, followed by the same old weak excuses. FSG need to seriously reconsider their intention to keep Slot on for next season. Get Xabi in now!
Nathan: Shocking, just absolutely shocking! This is the first time I'm ever going to say as a Liverpool fan that I can't wait for next Sunday and this dreadful season to be over! How Slot is still in a job is mind-blowing considering we've lost the same amount of games as the team sat in 14th in the table! Virgil van Dijk and Rio Ngumoha are the only two I could say were actually trying for us, the rest of the team is absolutely woeful. If Slot is still in at the start of next season, we are doomed and set for another season of boring, predictable football.
