Liverpool returned to Premier League action on Boxing Night with a hard-fought 3-1 win at Aston Villa.
After Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk had given the visitors a two-goal cushion at half time, the hosts responded with a header from Ollie Watkins before teenage substitute Stefan Bajcetic settled it late on with his first goal in English football.
But you knew all of that, of course. What you might have missed, however, are a series of intriguing subplots at Villa Park on a busy old night on the feast of St Stephen.
