Arsenal crush Aston Villa, Liverpool “hammered” (and Beckham’s classic tweet)
Victor Wanyama's 80th-minute goal moved the impressive Saints into second place with 10 points, the same as Villa who until Saturday's first-half capitulation had been unbeaten.
PERFECT RESPONSE
So Saturday's results were not entirely surprising.
There was little early sign that Villa were suffering during an even opening half hour.
Villa were stunned and fell further behind a minute later when Cissokho diverted a Kieran Gibbs shot into his own net.
"I think the first goal was a big blow for Villa and they couldn't recover. This was a very important result for us."
NO ANSWER
"We made a slow start and before we knew where we were we were 2-0 down," Rodgers told reporters. "We should be better than what we were today. Our performance level wasn't anywhere near what I would expect today."