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By HARRY BAMFORTH, LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE REPORTER and LEWIS STEELE, FOOTBALL REPORTER and JACK GAUGHAN and TOM COLLOMOSSE, FOOTBALL REPORTER and WILL PICKWORTH, SPORTS REPORTER and NATHAN SALT AT VILLA PARK Updated: 09: 02 AEDT, 12 February 2026 146 View comments Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates from Wednesday's Premier League games featuring Sunderland vs Liverpool and Manchester City vs Fulham.   Here comes the onslaught. Suddenly, Liverpool have dropped 10 yards deeper and it's backs to teh wall as they defend this lead. We have seen this story before. You feel Liverpool need a second goal here. Sunderland are starting to come on strong, and we all know that this Reds team isn't great when it comes to stoppage time. I sense another late goal. .. Omar Alderete is down, and he won't be able to continue. He is replaced by a player who was very close to leaving to join Liverpool in January, Lutsharel Geertruida. Romaine Mundle and Chemsdine Talbi are also both on. Oh, Hugo Ekitike. .. What has happened to the Frenchman these last couple of games? He has forgotten how to score. Just like against Manchester City, he gets on the end of a brilliant cross and should finish with his head. But once again, he nods wide. Groans ring around the Stadium of Light. That's because Nordi Mukiele has just blasted a sighter miles over the bar. Should cross in those positions. Arne Slot is trying to shore things up in the midfield. Curtis Jones replaces Cody Gakpo, who has actually had one of his better games tonight. That means Florian Wirtz moves to the wing. Hugo Ekitike isn't having the best of games. .. He wastes a brilliant opportunity as Sunderland give him the ball just outside the box. He can slide through both Florian Wirtz and Mohamed Salah, but overhits the pass, and the chance is wasted. What a tackle from Ibrahima Konate! The Liverpool defender singlehandedly keeps his side in the lead with one hell of a tackle on Brian Brobbey. He had to get there once going down in the box, and that's exactly what he did. Konate and Brobbey are having some battle out there. How has he missed? I can't believe it, Hugo Ekitike simply has to score there. .. Mohamed Salah's strike takes a deflection off Enzo Le Fee and into the path of Ekitike three yards out, but somehow he blazes over the bar. Massive miss. Liverpool fans sing Wataru Endo's name as he finally comes off the pitch on that stretcher. He seems distraught, covering his face with his hands. The Japanese international is replaced by the returning Joe Gomez, who may have to shake off some ring rust. Oh no. You never like to see a player go off on a stretcher, and that is what is happening right now to Wataru Endo. After briefly playing on that bad ankle, he seems to have done some serious damage. The injuries just keep coming for Liverpool. How is Wataru Endo still standing? The makeshift full-back goes over really awkwardly on his ankle, and it looks like a nasty one. But somehow, he just gets back up and is ready to defend the corner. Oh wait, but now he is back down again. This looks a bad one. These 🏳 ️ ‍ 🌈 corner flags. ..

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