Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of Liverpool’s final Premier League outing without Daniel Sturridge. Can they keep their unlikely top four bid alive with victory at Aston Villa? We’re minutes (quite a few of them) away from finding out…

OUCH! The phrase "he nearly took his eye out" is often over-used. But Sterling has taken an almighty clattering here. Sanchez clears the ball, allows his leg to follow through like a golf swing, and catches the Liverpool winger plum in the face.

Hutton rampages down the right wing and swings a hopeful ball into the area. Comes to nothing.

YELLOW! Sterling pokes the ball beyond and Okore and takes a clattering. Easy decision for the official.

The Villa stopper lambasts his team-mates. Easy to see why.

CHANCE! Skrtel meets the corner with a thumping header and Borini diverts the bouncing ball towards the corner with the faintest of touches. Somehow, Guzan leaps across to turn it onto the post with a superb one-finger save.

CHANCE! It's Borini v Baker. The defender goes to ground early, but the Italian forward can't trick his way past his large frame. Corner.

Ooof. Mignolet charges off his line to claim a second corner - this time taking a bit of a bash for his troubles.

The Holt End unleashes a huge roar as Markovic concedes a corner. Fifteen seconds later, the Holt End unleashes a huge groan as Mignolet claims said corner.

Half number two: we're ready for you. What have you got?

HALF-TIME: Villa 0-1 Liverpool. A few boos ring out as Clattenburg calls time on the first half.

One minute of added time signalled.

Warm applause echoes around Villa Park as Jores Okore roams across to the left touchline to tidy up.

CHANCE! Ashley Westwood's perfectly-weighted pass picks out Tom Cleverley... The former United man pokes just wide.

Sterling tries to prevent Sanchez taking a quick free-kick. The Colombian takes the law into his own hands and gives the tiny winger a shove. Naughty.

BAG OF NERVES! Mignolet spills Sanchez's shot from distance. Didn't get his body behind it at all. Perhaps it took a deflection.

*Insert favourite 'still on the beach' joke here*

CHANCE! Sterling is in the clear. He has to score... NO! He's tried a Welbeck-esque chip and absolutely bottled it. Silly chap.

The afro-wielding Sanchez barges Borini on the halfway line. Right under the nose of Lambert. The Villa manager has no choice but to remain silent as Clattenburg awards a foul.

"That's our ball..." screams Lambert on the touchline. Moments later, he's applauding for the linesman for succumbing to his pressure.