Champions Liverpool maintain 100% home record with 2-0 win over Aston Villa

They walked out to another guard of honor, with a huge rectangular banner high up in the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand reading: "Liverpool FC Champions Again".

Liverpool's players were back home at Anfield for the first time since winning a first English league title since 1990.

It was a triumphant return, too.

Lacking the intensity and precision that brought the team the title in devastating fashion, Liverpool still managed to eke out a 2-0 win over Aston Villa to move in sight of a slew of records to cap one of the best ever top-flight campaigns.