{"id":15508,"date":"2019-11-03T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=15508"},"modified":"2019-11-03T20:06:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:06:03","slug":"birmingham-mail-makes-nakamba-villas-outstanding-player-in-liverpool-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/birmingham-mail-makes-nakamba-villas-outstanding-player-in-liverpool-game","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Mail makes Nakamba Villa\u2019s outstanding player in Liverpool game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British newspaper The Birmingham Mail singled out Warriors midfielder Marvelous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marvelous_Nakamba\">Nakamba<\/a> as Aston Villa\u2019s best player in the closely-fought 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at Villa Park yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Smith\u2019s men led for most of the game but two late goals from Andy Robertson and Sadio Mane ensured that Liverpool\u2019s unbeaten run in the English top division continues.<\/p>\n<p>The publication gave Nakamba a 9 out of 10 rating in the game, ahead of his his teammates Bjon Engels (8) and skipper Tyron Mings (8).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham\">Birmingham<\/a> Mail writer and Villa correspondent Ashley Preece, in giving Nakamba the best rating, had this to say: \u201cHe was absolutely everywhere for Villa, everywhere! Liverpool struggled to get past him, such was his dominance in Villa\u2019s three-man midfield. Shouldn\u2019t have been on the losing team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British newspaper The Birmingham Mail singled out Warriors midfielder Marvelous Nakamba as Aston Villa\u2019s best player in the closely-fought 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at Villa Park yesterday. 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