Reds drop points as Aston Villa offer Arsenal helping hand

The race for this season’s Premier League title will probably go down the wire between league leaders Liverpool and second-place Arsenal.

Aston Villa are not in the title race but Unai Emery’s men have just offered the Gunners a helping hand.

The Villans played out a two-all draw against Liverpool at the Villa Park on Wednesday night to reduce the gap between the Reds and the Gunners to seven momentarily.

Mohammed Salah gave Liverpool the lead in the 29th minute with a low drive in the box from Diogo Jota’s pass.

Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford initially gave the home side the lead in the 17th minute but the video assistant referee chalked it off for offside.

However, the video assistant referee had nothing on Youri Tielemans’s rebound as the Belgian equalized in the 38th minute.

Ollie Watkins gave Aston Villa the lead just before halftime whistle with a header from Lucas Digne’s lofted cross.

Liverpool came out strong at the start of the second half and got back into the game just after the hour mark.

Trent Alexander-Arnold fired a ferocious shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the box after he was teed by Mohammed Salah.

The rest of the match saw both teams created half chances without any real threat at both end of the pitch.

It ended two-all at Villa Park as Liverpool maintain top spot with seven points over Arsenal having played a game more than the Gunners.