Man Utd boss Marc Skinner: "We weren't good enough in the first half. We weren't tight enough so then in transition Villa were able to pick up the spaces. We couldn't get enough pressure on. We needed to be way more compact, vertically and horizontally, so we could apply more pressure.

Salah's 75th Premier League assist pushes him ahead of Thierry Henry for 13th all-time, while Liverpool's 28 points are five clear of the field.

Liverpool are five points clear of Man City at the top of the Premier League after beating Villa. Gregg Evans analyses the talking points

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.