Possible Clues:

• Lead ultimately lost, Liverpool almost beaten
• Entering plea there, decisively beaten
• Metal outside in that place struck with force
• Dodgy dealer stocking article should be thrashed
• At that point in lead gets beaten
• Hit hard at that point in heavy metal
• Writer behind hide is severely beaten
• Metal is brought round that place to be beaten
• Beat — with extra energy, still beat
• Beaten, though in the lead at that point