Villa ended Liverpool's 31-match unbeaten home league record with a deserved victory. They were two ahead at half-time through a Lucas own goal and a Curtis Davies header seconds from the break.
Fernando Torres pulled one back from close range, but an Ashley Young penalty soon after claimed the Midlanders' first win at Anfield since 2001.
Following an opening-day home defeat by Wigan Athletic, Friedel said: "It was the right time for us, we'd been getting a few bullets in the press lately and didn't have a good start. But to come here and win, no matter how we did it, was fantastic.
"Liverpool are a great side, we knew we'd be under the cosh. In the first half we played a bit more, in the second we were under siege and the penalty came at the perfect time.
"It has got us off the mark and to win at Anfield is fantastic. With the result last year it does leave a bad taste in the mouth.
"It's not revenge but it's pleasing to put in a performance because last year we just didn't turn up."
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