Liverpool will have to go to Ewood Park in a replay after being held by Blackburn Rovers…
Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers will have to do it all again after the Championship side held the Reds to a 0-0 draw at Anfield. It was tightly-fought encounter throughout, with the result probably a fair one.
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The game started with a moment of controversy, as Martin Skrtel was knocked out cold after a clash with Rudy Gestede. Thankfully, he was quickly brought around and even asked to continue on the way off the pitch…
Things almost went from bad to worse when star midfielder Philippe Coutinho started limping…
Liverpool then began to ramp up the pressure, Adam Lallana unlucky not to win a penalty for this challenge:
Blackburn’s best chance came through Glen Johnson, with the Liverpool defender chesting wide of his own goal:
Back up the other end, and Kolo Toure had his goal ruled out for offside:
Into the second-half, and the Reds had Simon Mignolet to thank for keeping the scores level. The Belgian made this brilliant save from Alex Baptiste’s header:
Daniel Sturridge was the second Liverpool player to go down in the area, although this looked like less of a penalty than Lallana’s appeal:
Brendan Rodgers through on Mario Balotelli on the hour mark…
While Kolo Toure hit the post with a header, when he should perhaps have done better:
Jordan Henderson then tested Simon Eastwood with a stinging back-foot drive:
But that was it in terms of chances, as neither side were able to create anything else of significance. The two sides will go head-to-head again in a replay.