Villa

Houllier's return to Anfield was a bit pointless. His Aston Villa side are truly woeful, and a very easy win was secured last night without several key players.

One wonders why Le Boss, ably assisted by the irreplaceable Gary McAllister, took on the Villa job? They have their moments, nothing more. However, their owner, Randy Lerner, has taken a cautious, backseat approach to Villa's fortunes and it leaves the impression that being too little involved is almost as bad as being too much (Glazers, Hicks, Gillett, Manderic, etc....)

Easy pickings. Great offside goal by the enigma that is Ryan Babel. Man of the match, yet again, went to Lucas Levia. He calmly went about his job picking off Villa's midfield like flies. Good to see.

More please.