Liverpool 1 - 0 Aston Villa
Liverpool beat Aston Villa this afternoon by 1- 0. Only a bizarre own goal midway through the first half by Mark Delaney separated the two sides this afternoon but the Reds boss will lose no sleep over that. As expected, Paul Jones, signed on loan from Southampton only yesterday, came in for his Liverpool debut and at 36 years, 8 month and 23 days old became the club's oldest post-war debutant.
Gerard Houllier described Wednesday's win over Chelsea as ugly and this can be classed in much the same bracket. This Liver Bird is no ugly duckling however. In times of crisis results matter more than performances and with three wins out of three under their belt this year this so-called crisis could be a shortlived one.
Teams
Liverpool: Jones, Henchoz, Riise, Biscan, Hyypia (captain), Hamann, Murphy, Kewell, Diouf, Owen, Heskey. Subs - Luzi, Pongolle, Traore, Cheyrou, Le Tallec.
Aston Villa: Sorensen, Delaney, Samuel, Mellberg (captain), Barry, Hendrie, McCann, Dublin, Vassell, Whittingham, Angel. Subs - Postma, Hitzlsperger, Cruz, Moore, Johnsen.
Referee: Graham Barber.
Goal(s): Mark Delaney (35m OG)
Attendance: 43,771
