Liverpool opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as breakaway goals by Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah sealed a 2-0 win at home to Aston Villa on Saturday. Manchester City's earlier defeat was the perfect pre-match tonic for Liverpool and Nunez's 20th minute strike following a lightning counter-attack set the tone at Anfield.

Good evening … I’m happy how we responded … Liverpool in transition are a very good team … they dominated but didn’t have a lot of clear chances to score … we had chances to score in the first half, and the second half

Liverpool beat Aston Villa to go five points clear at top of Premier League Nunez & Salah score to give Reds comfortable win Brighton earlier came from behind to earn stunning 2-1 win over Man City Guardiola has suffered four successive defeats for first time as City boss Other results: Brentford 3-2 Bournemouth,