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Liverpool dropped points in the title race on Wednesday night but may not be too disappointed to come away from Villa Park with a hard-fought 2-2 draw.

Mohamed Salah was on the scoresheet in the first half before Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins gave Aston Villa the lead before the break.

The Reds fought back in the second half to earn a 2-2 draw thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold's deflected goal, but had to hold on at the end as Villa pushed to find a winner.

Here are seven major talking points spotted by Liverpool.com.

Title race

Let's get to the biggest point - this leaves Liverpool eight points clear of Arsenal but crucially, the Gunners now have played a game extra.

In a way it's a dent in Liverpool's pursuit of the title but it eight points is still a huge lead for Arne Slot's side and gives Arsenal a huge deficit to catch even if it wins the match in hand.

Slot’s intriguing team selection

Who had Curtis Jones out left in their predicted XI?

Well, that’s exactly where the midfielder started at Villa Park, three days on from finishing in that role against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Salah's goal against Villa was his 15th away from home in the Premier League eclipsing the Luis Suarez's previous record.

The Liverpool midfielder then won two cute fouls off Andres Garcia and Youri Tielemans to further infuriate the home supporters before he tripped Marcus Rashford to give away an obvious free-kick.

Elliott's cheeky moment

Harvey Elliott was once again named among the substitutes at Villa Park and enjoyed a more leisurely warm-up than those starting.
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