Jonjo Shelvey made his first ever Barclays Premier League start for Liverpool at Villa Park and recorded some impressive figures. Here are a selection of interesting statistics from the game courtesy of Opta.
From 29 passes made the No.33 recorded an accuracy level of 82.8%, had the most shots during his 83 minute outing and also had an assist for the first goal which Craig Bellamy slotted home from a corner.
Stewart Downing had 92.6% pass accuracy on his return to Aston Villa with Liverpool on Sunday.
The No.19 made 54 passes in total to record the 92.6% figure.
Jordan Henderson also brought in impressive stats, hitting 57 passes during the 90 minutes to claim a 89.5% accuracy.
Liverpool enjoyed 52.1% of the possession and had 17 shots on goal, compared to Villa's 16.
Of those attempts seven were on target including two against the woodwork.
Kenny Dalglish's side had 12 shots from inside the box compared to just three from Villa. Alex McLeish's side had more shots from outside the box, 13, compared to five from the Reds.
Liverpool won 10 corners compared to Villa's four.
Glen Johnson recorded a 100% accuracy from all four perfect tackles during the 90 minutes.
All in all the Reds recorded a statistic of 84.2% on tackles won compared to Villa's 68.2%.
The Reds made a total of 514 passes during the outing recording an accuracy of 83.3%.
Charlie Adam won 100% of his aerial duels.
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