O’Leary plays down clash

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 0

O'Leary leapt from his dugout midway through the first-half to protest a second crunching tackle by Steven Gerrard which went unpunished.

He became embroiled in a finger-jabbing exchange with Thompson but insisted afterwards he had no problem with either Gerrard or any members of the Liverpool bench during the 0-0 draw.