Liverpool v Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League latest score and goal updates as Nunez opens the scoring

There are brief shouts for a penalty for Villa as Konate goes shoulder-to-shoulder with Watkins, but the referee rightly waves it away.

There’s a brief break in play as Trent Alexander-Arnold needs treatment.

GOAL! The hosts are ahead after a scintillating counter-attack!

The corner is cleared and it comes to van Dijk just outside the area. Without even looking, he knows there’ll be options so he knocks it up field into the path of Salah. The Egyptian drives towards goal but is dragged down by Bailey – it looks like a certain red card but Nunez latches onto the loose ball, takes a touch past Martinez and fires in!

Martinez is up to his usual tricks already, and he can’t be far off a yellow card having wasted time at every goal kick so far.

Another Liverpool attack breaks down as Jones can’t latch on to a through ball.

Ramsey drives into the Liverpool half on the counter, but the away side are forced to recycle possession before Digne’s cross is headed away and Konate gives away a corner.

Ramsey isn’t able to get past van Dijk on the edge of the box but Villa work a couple of crossing opportunities, with Tieleman’s cross getting through at the second attempt. Bailey is unmarked at the back post, but he can only direct his header well over.

Konsa makes a great run to carry into the box but is then dispossessed too easily. Liverpool counter but it’s a little wasteful from Nunez, who opts to shoot but sees it blocked. No clear-cut chances from either side yet, but plenty of pace to the game!

There’s a large gap in the Liverpool defence as Digne’s run takes Konate away, and Ramsey has space to cut in, but there’s great tracking back from Gravenberch to block the shot.

The hosts come forward again but the ball gets away from Nunez.

A bright start from the home side, though Villa have had a half-chance too!

It’s certainly the home side who’ve started more confidently here, and there’s plenty of pace to their play when needed too.

Villa do mount their first attack though, as Rogers offloads it to Watkins before the England striker curls an effort over from outside the box. Never troubling Kelleher that one.

Liverpool win a corner as Digne hooks away a through ball. Robertson swings it in but the home side are penalised for a foul in the area.

Alexander-Arnold spreads a lovely diagonal to diaz in the box, and he takes it down well but sees his cross blocked.

Liverpool look very confident out here.

Liverpool counter with so much pace as Alexander-Arnold slides it into the path of Salah, who has plenty of space but can only see his shot blocked.