Tyrone Mings believes Aston Villa only have themselves to blame for their Boxing Day defeat to Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk handed the Reds a two-goal lead heading into the interval before Ollie Watkins halved the deficit during the early stages of the second half as Unai Emery's side were rewarded for a lengthy spell of possession and pressure on Alisson Becker's goal.
Watkins had been denied by the Brazilian three times during the first half - before an early effort in the second was chalked off for offside - as both teams played out an end-to-end encounter at Villa Park.
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But it was Jurgen Klopp's side who delivered the fatal suckerpunch late on as substitute Stefan Bajcetic rounded Robin Olsen with ease before calmly firing past Mings and his fellow defenders on the line to register the first goal of his senior career and ensure all three points would be heading back to Merseyside.
However, the former Villa captain believes the scoreline was a complimentary one and insisted it was not a case of Liverpool's strike-force being too strong for Villa.
"Erm… not really," replied Mings to the Amazon Prime Video interviewer when asked if the Reds were the superior side. "I think we conceded some poor goals, they’re a fantastic team but every team if you give them that amount of chances, they’re going to score at some point.
"Frustrating on our behalf, I don’t think it was a case of them being too strong for us, I think we maybe should’ve defended better for the goals"
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