Good evening and welcome to LIVE text coverage of the Barclays Premier League clash between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield. The hosts will be hoping to build upon a solid start to the new campaign after winning two of their opening three fixtures. A superb 3-0 success at Tottenham prior to the international break has set the standard for Brendan Rodgers' men after they followed up a sluggish 2-1 opening day triumph over Southampton with a 3-1 defeat at champions Manchester City. Meanwhile, Aston Villa have surprised their critics thus far with wins over Hull and Stoke while a draw with Newcastle ensures they remain unbeaten in the league heading into tonight's match in L4. Kick off 5.30pm BST.

Premier League / Matchday 4

Anfield / 13.09.2014

Liverpool

Completed

Aston Villa

G. Agbonlahor(9')

Live

Live Updates

ByThe Editorial Team

Updated 13/09/2014 at 18:20 GMT

58'

Coutinho's hanging cross is met by Balotelli who trickles a shot wide - but the flag was up. It wouldn't have counted.

57'

Manquillo's attempted cross strikes the chest of Cissokho and Guzan scrambles to keep the ball in play to deny the Reds a corner.

56'

HOPE FOR LIVERPOOL? STAT: Villa have not kept a clean sheet in the last 14 league visits to Anfield.

55'

Lallana wriggles beyond Cleverley on the left but sees his cross blocked by Hutton. The corner is taken by Coutinho but Cissokho is there to guide it out of the danger zone.

54'

PHOTO: The goal that STILL separates the sides. Seems a while ago now.

Image credit: AFP

53'

So far, so good for Villa who have won twice in their last 12 visits to Anfield – the last coming two seasons ago when Christian Benteke (2) and Andreas Weimann netted in a 3-1 win.

52'

Manquillo drills it in low from the right but Senderos is there again... He's having an eventful game.

51'

Another corner for Liverpool. Gerrard fires it to the near post where Henderson tries to flick it towards goal, but he's well wide with the attempt.

50'

Moreno skips down the left and centres a cross but Senderos is there to mop up the danger. Liverpool trying to edge up a gear here.

49'

The calls for Raheem growing on Twitter...

48'

Balotelli beats Delph to the delivery but can't get a clear connection on the header, glancing it a few yards wide of target.

47'

Coutinho shoots from distance and sees his shot take a nick off Cleverley. An early corner for the hosts. Lallana to take it....

47'

46'

KICK OFF! Liverpool restart the contest. No changes made at the break.

A humerous but fitting HT tweet for you! See you in 15.

45+1'

HT: Liverpool 0-1 Aston Villa.

45+1'

Moreno breaks into the area on the left via a lucky deflection but he can't find the cross to pick out Markovic and Baker clears.... and that's it, HT.

45'

Coutinho's corner comes to nothing and it looks like Villa will lead at the interval.

44'

Balotelli gets a rare sight of goal, cutting in from the left and hitting a speculative shot that loops off Weimann before deflecting over the bar. Corner ball.

43'

CLOSE! Lallana lets fly with a volley from 25 yards that arrows inches past the post. Good effort. Could have been the perfect way to cap his Reds bow!

42'

Markovic bursts into the box on the right but opts to jink past a man he can't beat. There were a couple of red shirts waiting free on the edge of the area then - poor decision.

123456