With only one match remaining in their Premier League season, Liverpool's hopes of a top-four finish appear all but over.
Three points against Aston Villa would have kept Jurgen Klopp's side in with an outside chance of securing Champions League football, though such hopes are fading fast ahead of next Sunday's final-day trip to Southampton.
The Europa League now looks to be the likely outcome of the Reds' 2022/23 campaign, a scenario that has very much been self-inflicted due to a number of poor performances against lesser sides.