Liverpool swept aside Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Sunday as Aston Villa joined them in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/premier-league-clubs-give-nod-to-measures-for-tackling-rise-in-tragedy-related-chanting-23292412" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Premier League</a> top four ahead of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/cristiano-ronaldos-ladylove-georgina-rodriguez-happy-staying-manchester-23209922" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Manchester</a> derby at Old Trafford.&nbsp;
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Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah were on target for Jurgen Klopp&rsquo;s men, who were without Luis Diaz after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia.&nbsp;
<h2>Jota scores opener</h2>
Jota gave Liverpool a 31st-minute lead, turning home a rebound after Matt Turner had made a save. In celebration, he ran to manager Jurgen Klopp, who handed him a miniature Diaz number seven shirt to hold aloft.
Nunez doubled Liverpool&rsquo;s lead four minutes later with an emphatic near-post finish after Dominik Szoboszlai&rsquo;s cut-back. Mohamed Salah struck Liverpool&rsquo;s third goal in the 77th minute, profiting from Turner&rsquo;s error to slide the ball into an empty net.&nbsp;
<img title="Mohamed Salah" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2023/oct/licerpool-goal-a_e.jpg" alt="Mohamed Salah" width="1280" height="720" />Mohamed Salah
<h2>Parents of Diaz kidnapped</h2>
Diaz was left out of the matchday squad at Anfield. Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Saturday that the winger&rsquo;s mother had been rescued from kidnappers but the search remained ongoing for his father. Klopp said before the match that it was a &ldquo;worrying situation for all of us.&rdquo;
&ldquo;We had to obviously make a late change because of the private situation involving Luis Diaz,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It was a pretty tough night. I have never had that before. It&rsquo;s a new experience I never needed.&rdquo;
High-flying Aston Villa won their 12th consecutive home game in the Premier League, beating struggling Luton 3-1. John McGinn coolly finished from a good set-piece routine in the 17th minute and the home side doubled their lead four minutes after the restart when Moussa Diaby drilled home a loose ball.&nbsp;
Villa made it 3-0 just after the hour when Tom Lockyer turned Diaby&rsquo;s cross into his own net. A late own goal from goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez made it 3-1.&nbsp;
The win lifts Unai Emery&rsquo;s men into fourth place in the table ahead of the Manchester derby at Old Trafford.&nbsp;
Champions City will return to the top four if they beat United at Old Trafford, where the packed ground celebrated the life of the late Bobby Charlton before kick-off.
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Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah net one each as Liverpool thump Nottingham 3-0

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