El-Hadji Diouf equalized for the home side in the 70th minute when he rose above Paulo Ferreira to cleverly direct Michel Salgado's cross past Petr Cech.
MichelSalgado stormed down the right flank and Kalinic got enough on his cut-back to force the ball over the line despite the best efforts of Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
Torres showed his intent from the very start, chasing down fellow compatriot MichelSalgado despite leaving his boot in, and as early as the eighth minute Liverpool came to close to opening the scoring.