Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 4: Man of the Match

We want you to choose Liverpool’s Man of the Match after the
initially-worrying FA Cup tie in Birmingham.

After a struggle of a first half (made all the more difficult by
their goalkeeper’s assured performance), Liverpool’s patience and
experience shone through in the second 45. Thiago, who came on at
the half, added much-needed creativity and stability to the
midfield, while Sadio Mané was perhaps Liverpool’s most consistent
performer, looking dangerous throughout and leaving the pitch
unlucky to not notch a hat trick. James Milner and Gini Wijnaldum
played to their respective bests, being the adults on the pitch
even when things were not quite going their way.

Now let us know how you saw it. We’ve narrowed the options down
to a few of the players we thought were the better performers on
the day for the Reds, so make your choice below and vote for who
you think should be the man of the match — or take to the comments
to let us know that we got it wrong by leaving the real
man of the match out of the poll entirely.

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