The visitors controlled the early stages of the game before being undone in a match where they fielded the club's youngest-ever side
Neil Critchley claimed his young Liverpool side were "magnificent" on Tuesday evening, despite falling 5-0 to Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup quarter-final.
With Liverpool also taking part in the Club World Cup semi-final on Wednesday in Qatar, the Reds sent a squad filled with youth-team players to Villa Park.
Critchley, the club's U23 manager, took charge with Jurgen Klopp away, and fielded Liverpool's youngest ever starting line-up, with an average age of just 19 years and 182 days.