Alex McLeish's Villa face a third successive game against a top 6 side and come away with a creditable and hard fought draw to remain in 15th six points clear of the relegation places with seven games left to play. 

Villa put in their strongest performance since New Years' eve as they are held to a thirteenth draw of the season after a late Liverpool equaliser at Anfield. Villa climb to 15th in the table but are now left with just seven wins in thirty one Premier League games under Alex McLeish as relegation remains entirely possible.

Samir Carruthers makes his Villa debut aged 19 after graduating from the youth team to become the 882nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Chris Herd scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (16 Starts) to make it W6 D6 L9, 1 Goal, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Shay Given concedes his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance at a rate of 1.40 League Goals per Game to make it W5 D12 L10, 40 Goals Conceded, 6 Clean Sheets and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Barry Bannan makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (48 Appearances) to make it W14 D14 L20, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Stephen Ireland has now gone 10 games without a goal involvement, and 33rd in total on his 37th appearance in a Villa shirt (27 Starts) to make it W8 D12 L17, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Alex McLeish's Villa face a fourth game against a top 6 side in five matches as they face off against Ashley Young equipped League leaders Manchester United. The defeat - their first in three - leaves Villa in 15th six points clear of the relegation places with five games left to play.

Villa suffer a heavy defeat to end a run of successive draws as Alex McLeish calls for "three home Cup finals" to avoid relegation after posting just seven wins in thirty three Premier League games under his leadership.

James Collins makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (105 Appearances) to make it W38 D38 L29, 6 Goals and 18 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Barry Bannan makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (27 Starts) to make it W14 D15 L21, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Gary Gardner collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W4 D4 L6, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa record a seventh goalless game under Alex McLeish to make it seven wins in thirty six Premier League games.

Villa are now winless in the last 8 games under Alex McLeish.

Villa record their 16th draw in 36 matches under Alex McLeish.

Villa remain 15th, three points clear of the drop zone but with a vastly superior goal difference to the clubs around them. Relegation therefore looks unlikely but at least another point is needed to make certain. 

Samir Carruthers makes his final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to MK Dons in August 2014 for a fee of £225,000. Carruthers had made a total of 3 substitute appearances for Villa all of which came in March and April 2012 leaving with a record of W0 D2 L1 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Chris Herd makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (20 Starts) to make it W6 D9 L10, 1 Goal, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Emile Heskey collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 108th appearance (69 Starts) to make it W37 D37 L34, 14 Goals, 5 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.