Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League clash

90+8 mins: And there’s the whistle.

Aston Villa have proven triumphant over their rivals for the Champions League places and have secured their spot in the European top-flight next season.

Next up for Unai Emery’s men is the Europa League final and the chance to add silverware to this fine season.

Van Dijk has a second goal!

Szoboszlai lifts the ball into the box and picks out his captain who nods in another goal.

Liverpool have six minutes to score twice more.

90 mins: Eight minutes of added time to play at Villa Park.

John McGinn puts the icing on the cake with a brilliant strike to fire the ball into the top corner.

He shoots from the front edge of the box and curls it just enough to beat Mamardashvili.

Villa are storming into the Champions League.

86 mins: Mo Salah swings in a cross but there’s no teammates around to get onto the end of the pass.

83 mins: Liverpool win a corner that gets headed clear by the hosts.

There’s a quick VAR check for a shirt pull on Van Dijk by Martinez but nothing comes from it.

80 mins: Ngumoha weaves his way into the box and slips the ball back ot Szoboszlai who is clipped outside the area.

The referee sees it as a fair challenge, which is was, and Villa carry the ball away.

76 mins: Mohamed Salah is on for Liverpool and this will be his final away game for the Reds.

Can he bring a bit of the old spark back for his team and get them back into the game?

The argy bargy between Mac Allister and Konsa is overshadowed now.

The corner for Villa is whipped into the box and comes out to the edge of the area.

Tielemans hooks a volley back towards goal but Mamardashvili makes the save. He palms it to Pau Torres whose next shot hits the goalkeeper.

Watkins takes advantage of the second rebound and increases the Villa lead.