Suarez earns Reds a point
A tap-in from Luis Suarez earned Liverpool a 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon.
The visitors led from the 10th minute thanks to a Chris Herd strike, but our No.7 secured a point with a poacher's goal eight minutes from time.
The Reds were denied by the post several times and felt aggrieved at not being awarded penalties on three occasions - one of which looked a certain foul.
The game was preceded by a minute of silence in memory of the 96 supporters who died at Hillsborough 23 years ago next weekend.
Proceedings then commenced and there was an unfamiliar face on show for the hosts - that of Brazilian goalkeeper Alexander Doni, deputising for the suspended Pepe Reina to become the 14th regular stopper to play for Liverpool in the Premier League.
Elsewhere, Jonjo Shelvey retained his place in midfield, while Dirk Kuyt partnered Suarez up top.
And it was Kuyt who was first to make either goalkeeper work, finding himself denied by Shay Given - who saved onto the post - from a tight angle after Stewart Downing beat a man and crossed.
Instead it was Villa who took the lead on 10 minutes when a Stephen Warnock centre was palmed away by Doni into the path of Barry Bannan. He cut the ball into the stride of the unmarked Herd, who guided into the top corner at the Kop end.
Martin Skrtel came close with a header on 36 minutes but Given was having a quiet afternoon since his early save.
Jordan Henderson attempted a shot from distance while a second shout for a penalty - referee Mike Oliver earlier waved away protests over an unintentional handball in the Villa box - looked to have substance after Suarez was felled by Alan Hutton. But Liverpool did not get the decision.
Two minutes before the break the best chance of the half fell to Kuyt when a Suarez cross made its way to Gerrard beyond the far past. The skipper bobbled the ball back across goal where our Dutch striker was ready to level, but instead of firing home from close range the ball was mishit over the crossbar.
Suarez then worked himself into space but could not seriously test Given from inside the box, and the Reds left the field with a deficit to overturn.
The leveller almost arrived eight minutes after the restart when a superb cross from Steven Gerrard was headed onto the post by Suarez. The ball ricocheted back across goal only to be batted away by Given.
Dalglish waited until the 65th minute before replacing both Stewart Downing and Jonjo Shelvey with two strikers - Craig Bellamy and Andy Carroll.
Bellamy executed a shot from 20 yards within seconds of his introduction and the crowd was lifted. The Welshman then crossed to Kuyt, who appeared to have the ball taken away from him by the arm of Eric Lichaj, but again the referee was unconvinced.
Bellamy powered into the Kop with just over 10 minutes remaining, while fellow substitute Daniel Agger belted a left-footed effort against the hoardings.
The impetus was now there and the game was finally levelled on 82 minutes when Agger headed against the crossbar following a corner and Suarez was on hand to nod home from two yards.
Gerrard was denied an injury-time winner by Given, but Villa held on through a period of last-ditch defending.
Liverpoolfc.tv journalists' man of the match: Luis Suarez