FULL TIME: LIVERPOOL 1-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS: Mark Clattenburg blows his whistle to signal the end of the game with Blackburn holding out for a vital point. Liverpool found an equaliser through Bellamy but couldn't find the winning goal

The fourth official indicates there will be four minutes of added on time

Alonso has an attempt but like his team mates he sees his shot rise over the bar

Savage gives away a free kick and is lucky to stay on the pitch with his mis-timed challenge on Alonso

Blackburn are again being pinned inside their own half as Liverpool search for that winning goal

Mark Hughes is frustarted on the touch line as he feels decisions aren't going his way

Blackburns corner is wasted as Roberts knocks it out of play for a Liverpool goal-kick

Roberts launches a surging run setting up Bentley who sees his shot tipped onto the post by Reina

Gerrard puts in a low cross but crouch and Bellamy gets their wires crossed as both leave it for each other and the ball goes out of play

McCarthy the goalscorer comes off to be replaced by Jason Roberts

Savages free kick makes it over the wall but also over the bar as it lands on top of Reinas' goal

Hypia is booked after a late challenge on Savage

Riise has another strike from distance but its miles off target as Liverpool try and press on for a winning goal

Blackburn are starting to look tired after that hard-working first-half display

Balckburn make a double substitution as Tugay and Pedersen come off and Mokoena and Gallagher come on to try and help their stuggling Rovers team-mates

Gerrard now tries his luck from 20 yards but his attempt fires over the crossbar

Riise has piledriver of a shot which beats Friedel buts also beats the right-hand post

Aurelio has a shot now but its straight at Friedel as Blackburn struggle to cope with the pressure

Bellamy has come to life after his goal as he screams at his team-mates to give him the ball

Liverpool are pounding Rovers now as Bellamy has another shot which is deflected wide for a Liverpool corner

LIVERPOOL 1-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS (BELLAMY): Bellamy scores against his former club after continous press from Liverpool finally forcing the opening which saw Bellamy steal in at the far post with a close range header.

Riise has a chance but is off balance as his left foot shot goes wide of Friedels' goal

Alonso knocks in a freekick which finds Crouch who's header goes infront of the Blackburn goal, just out of reach for Garcia

Liverpool are begging to mount the pressure onto the Rovers defence with Garcia looking bright since he came on

Savage picks up his fourth booking of the seaon after a foul on Gerrard

Riise smashes a pass towards Bellamy buts it is just to high for the Welsh international

Nonda goes to ground in the area after a heavy challenge from Hypia but Mark Clattenburg ignores the Rovers players appeals

Luis Garcia comes on to replace Pennant as Liverpool try force their way back into this game

McCarthy is brough down by Carragher with what looked like a bookable challenge

Liverpool break with Riise hitting a hopeful ball in search of Crouch but Oojier is there to clear the ball as Rovers hold firm

The game is beginning to open up as Liverpool push on in search of an equaliser

Lucas Neill has a fizzing shot from 30-yards which flies behind the goal into the Kop

Riise is flagged offside as Liverpool try to launch theie first attack of the second half.

Liverpool get the second-half underway as they search for an equaliser against a determinded Blackburn side.

HALF TIME: LIVERPOOL 0-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS: Blackburn lead at the half-time whistle after McCarthy converted from some good work by Bentley on the flank. Liverpool have seen their best chances to fall to Crouch who had one attempt cleared off the line

Pennant takes the corner which is blocked by Savage, his second attempt finds Gerrard who hits his shot wide of the goal

The Anfield crowd are beginng to get on the backs of the Liverpool side expecting alot more from their side

There will be three minutes of injury time after that injury to Friedel

Pennat again fires in another cross which Friedel has to come out and claim, something he has had to do a number of times in this half

Lucas Neill, the Blackburn captain goes into Mark Clattenburgs book after a late challenge on Pennant

Pennat wipes in a deep cross which flies out of play dissapointing the Liverpool forwards

Friedel sprints out of his goal to claim the ball before a charging Bellamy can get there

Lucas Neill skips away from two Liverpool players and plays a ball ino the box which McCarthy fails to control as Rovers create another chance

Friedel has taken a knock which has resulted in him having a cut lip and has caused a delay in the game

The corner is cleared away by Neill as Rovers deal with the Liverpool pressure with ease

Gerrard wipes in a cross which Friedel takes no chances with tipping it behind for a corner.

McCarthy and Nonda are working well together providing the insiparation for their side

Bentley scores for Blackburn but again the Rovers attack is caught a yard offside

Khizanishvili is put under pressure and has tolash the ball away for a Liverpool throw in a dangerous position

Bentley dives in on Riise and the referee books him for his late tackle

Liverpool are stuggling to get out of their own half as Finnan hits a hopeful long ball which flies out of play for a Blackburn throw-in

Bellamy has his protests for a penatly waved away after his claims he was pushed by Ooijer inside the box

Blackburn are working hard as they hold onto their advantage.

McCarthy has another attempt but this time Reina gets his body behind the ball to save well

LIVERPOOL 0-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS (MCCARTHY): Benny McCarthy gives his side the lead, with his fourth Premiership goal, scoring against the run off play after good work down the flank by Bentley

Bellamy fliciks the ball to Crouch who scuffs his shot wide over Friedels goal

Liverpool are just knocking the ball around as they search for a way through the Rovers defence

Riise fires in a long range shot which Crouch helped towardss the goal but a combination of Friedal and Khizanishvil scramble it off the line

Liverpool are not looking confident at the back as McCarthy is causing them all kinds of trouble

Pennant tries to wipe in a cross but his former team mate Robbie Savage clears the ball off him to win a goal kick

Nonda is just caught offside after a bright Blackburn move as they try and launch their first attack

Referee Clattenburg gets the game underway here at Anfield with Blackburn starting us off.

Liverpool are after a nineth successive home premiership win but are without Dirk Kuyt, Mohamed Sissoko and Robbie Fowler. Blackburn have not beaten Liverpool in 15 league meetings but field a full strength side with the exception of Steven Reid.

Liverpool XI: Reina, Finnan, Hyypia, Carragher, Aurelio, Pennant, Alonso, Gerrard, Riise, Crouch, Bellamy. Blackburn: Friedel, Emerton, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Neill, Bentley, Savage, Kerimoglu, Pedersen, McCarthy, Nonda