These Aston Villa fans react to memorable past win over Liverpool

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These Aston Villa fans react to memorable past win over Liverpool

Even though Liverpool are on course to win the Premier League for the first time, winning at Anfield has still been a big deal for other clubs down the years.

With no football on for the foreseeable future, clubs have been looking at different ways in whcih they can keep fans entertained and one of those way has been by reminising about famous wins of the past.

For Aston Villa, their 3-1 success at Anfield under Paul Lambert in 2012 is a game that will live long in the memory.

Two goals from Christian Benteke either side of Andi Weimann’s effort ensured Villa left Merseyside with three points, and the club have shown that game online to fans this afternoon.

Treating it like a normal matchday for their #Full90Friday, Villa’s Twitter account shared the team news an hour before the game as they normally would.

And, it’s fair to say that the Villa fans still can’t believe the XI selected by Lambert managed to beat the Reds.

It included several youngsters, many of who, failed to impress on the whole whilst with the West Midlands outfit, but they still have this day to remember.

Here we look at some of the reaction to the team that started…

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