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Without intending to curse Liverpool's trip to Aston Villa

Villa Park serves as the setting for the match as the Premier League resumes 

By Sergio Moya

Villa Park serves as the setting for the match as the Premier League resumes 
Villa Park serves as the setting for the match as the Premier League resumes 
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The Reds will play on Boxing Day for the first time since 2019 after previously playing on December 28 and December 27 in 2021 and 2020, respectively. This time, Villa Park serves as the setting for the match as the Premier League resumes play after the World Cup break. The opponents are Aston Villa.
Since Klopp took over in 2015, 

There have been five Boxing Day games, and the four previous games on this day have all ended with a clean sheet and three points. Liverpool visited Leicester in 2019 and had previously hosted Newcastle (2018), Swansea (2017), and Leicester (2015).And Liverpool won those four games by a combined score of 14-0. 

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What a wonderful late Christmas gift! Naturally, the Reds destroyed the Foxes in 2019 after winning the Club World Cup. Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Milner, and Roberto Firmino all scored in the Reds' 4-0 victory, Dejan Lovren, Mo Salah, Xherdan Shaqiri, and Fabinho all scored against Newcastle in 2018 with the same scoreline, but it could not surpass the 5-0 demolition of Swansea at Anfield in 2017.

On that particular day, goals were scored by Philippe Coutinho, Firmino, Alexander-Arnold, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, with three coming in just 14 seconds of the second half to completely destroy the Swans, Regarding the first Boxing Day game under Klopp, Christian Benteke's goal gave Liverpool a modest 1-0 victory 

Aston Villa is now coached by Unai Emery

Over Claudio Ranieri's Leicester, who would later win the Premier League championship that year after Steven Gerrard was fired in October, Aston Villa is now coached by Unai Emery, and they got to work over the break, playing four friendlies (two losses, one victory, and win draw) to Liverpool's two (one win, one defeat).


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