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Liverpool's start to the season suffered another blow on Monday as they were defeated at Anfield by Aston Villa. The visitors won 3-1 with the help of an own goal from Lucas and strikes from Curtis Davies and Ashley Young. Fernando Torres scored the consolation marker for the Reds.

Indeed another defeat looked in the offing in the early stages with the home side beginning the game at full throttle and almost snatching the lead within the opening thirty seconds.

A twisting run by Fernando Torres finished with the Spaniard chipping the ball into the box to Yossi Benayoun but the Israeli couldn’t direct his header on target and the ball bounced just wide.