Source: Liverpool_Echo
Birmingham City 0, Liverpool FC 0: Pepe Reina earns Reds point at St Andrews
Liverpool were indebted a superb display from goalkeeper Jose Reina for earning a point from a goalless draw with Birmingham in a Barclays Premier League clash at St Andrew's.[LNB]Reina produced excellent reflex saves to keep out point-blank range headers from Cameron Jerome and Craig Gardner.[LNB]The home side were also left to regret spurning a hat-trick of clear-cut chances and were the more impressive of the two sides.[LNB]But on this evidence new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has plenty of work to do to make the Merseysiders a force to be reckoned with.[LNB] Barry Ferguson and Gardner bossed the midfield while James McFadden and Cameron Jerome linked well up front.[LNB]Reds skipper Steven Gerrard tried to spark his side into life but Fernando Torres still looks short of full sharpness with Scott Dann excellent at the back for Birmingham.[LNB]The first decent chance fell to Torres after 12 minutes after Glen Johnson made a good break down the right flank before sending in a low cross.[LNB]But the Spaniard failed to make a clean contact on his attempted shot which he dragged a couple of yards wide.[LNB]Reina kept Liverpool on level terms with a superb reflex save away to his right to keep out Jerome's powerful header from Lee Bowyer's left-wing centre.[LNB]Blues midfielder Gardner became the first player to be yellow carded after 28 minutes for a challenge on Lucas.[LNB]Birmingham continued to look the more dangerous and Gardner dinked a shot over the bar after being teed up by Sebastian Larsson.
