Who had the most shots at Villa?
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 82.8 per cent accuracy, had the most shots, five, 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 a 92.6 per cent 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 per cent figure.
Jordan Henderson also brought in impressive stats, hitting 57 passes during the 90 minutes to claim a 89.5 per cent accuracy.
Liverpool enjoyed 52.1 per cent 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 per cent accuracy from all four perfect tackles during the 90 minutes.
All in all the Reds recorded a statistic of 84.2 per cent on tackles won compared to Villa's 68.2 per cent.
The Reds made a total of 514 passes during the outing recording an accuracy of 83.3 per cent.
Charlie Adam won 100 per cent of his aerial duels.
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