Steven Gerrard's superb free-kick enabled Liverpool to win on the opening day of the Premier League campaign for the first time during the Rafael Benitez era. Villa looked to have rescued a point when captain Gareth Barry cancelled out Martin Laursen's first-half own goal with an 85th-minute penalty.
However, Gerrard then curled a long-range free-kick past the dive of Stuart Taylor barely 60 seconds later after he had been brought down by Stiliyan Petrov.
Gerrard said: "Over the last few seasons we have been frustrated with the start we've made, we've lost silly points and been playing catch-up, the idea this time is to come out of the blocks quickly and stay in the title race.
"We were pleased with the first 60 minutes, I thought we controlled the game. Villa came back into the game but we managed to pull it out of the bag late doors."
Asked about his free-kick, Gerrard said: "It's about time the lads let me take one, I managed to catch one right today, but the most important thing was three points.
"It was a great three points and nice to go into the Chelsea game with three points on the board."
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