Ashley Young was keen to take the positives from Aston Villa’s 3-1 Boxing Day defeat to Liverpool.
The Villans created plenty of chances at Villa Park and could easily have come away on another day with reward to show for their efforts and attacking intentions.
Ollie Watkins finally got the goal Villa deserved to give them hope in the second half, with the striker also going close on numerous occasions along with Leon Bailey and John McGinn.
But it was not to be for Unai Emery’s side as they suffered defeat to the Reds in their final fixture of 2022.
Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
Speaking to VillaTV post-match, Young said: “I think we’ve got to take the positives out of the game and see the chances we created were big chances against a very good Liverpool team.
“On a different day, we come in at half-time with a different result.
“We came in at half-time 2-0 down; the next goal was going to be massive, the next goal was going to be vital.
“We said at half-time that if we go out there and get that goal then things can change.
“I felt it was all in our favour. But when you’re playing against a team like Liverpool, you’re going to leave spaces in behind trying to chase that second goal.
“They went and got the third goal and it was game over after that.”
You can watch Ashley’s full interview below…
