The crowd are in a constant tone as they expect the final whistle

Liverpool continue to probe into stoppage time but the defending is still disciplined. Two of three minutes remain

Gerrard strikes a 30-yard free-kick with venom but it is always swinging wide

Voronin tries to make something happen on the edge of the area but eventually the ball is booted away

Fiorentina ensure the ball is in the Liverpool half and the Florence fans are already celebrating a victory

Babel has other ideas though and he skips past a defender to cross right onto Gerrard's head at the far post. His looping header seems to be in the air forever before dropping just wide of the opposite stick. He hangs his head in his hands

Play is becoming disjointed and prospects of a Liverpool comeback look bleak now

Babel's pass to Voronin is dummied for Gerrard to have a go from range. The idea was right, but the ball was always going over the top

Its taken backwards and ultimately cleared

Fiorentina corner

It has been all Liverpool throughout the half and they could have had three or four. But they look likely to end the night third in the group, as Lyon are running riot at Debrecen

Skrtel, of all people, charges forward and delivers a low cross to Torres which he volleys over. It goes down as a poor miss by his standards

It's all arms and legs around the area and Torres is penalised for a tangling when he tried to turn

An Aurelio cross from the left is attacked by Benayoun but its a man in purple who is first to it

A free-kick by Jovetic goes into the arms of Reina

On second-look, Torres may have the right to be aggrieved

Torres runs at the defence and goes down in a challenge by Alessandro Gamberini. A corner is given and the Liverpool number nine is furious a penalty is not awarded

Aurelio delivers after a short one and Frey dives to punch it away

Torres spins away his marker, before winning a corner

Fiorentina attack with Skrtel on the floor injured, eventually, an offside flag is raised. Skrtel is back on his feet

Frey gives away a corner after a poor Johnson cross as he stumbles over the byline. The ball from the corner then goes out on delivery, too

Gerrard releases Torres but Fiorentina's defenders get back well

Liverpool just need that first goal and they could get something from this game. Aurelio, who was extremely poor in the first stanza, has been effective, while Kuyt and Gerrard are bright

Taken short, Aurelio chips the ball in but it is headed away

Yet again, it is Aurelio who angles a ball over the top to Gerrard, who chests down and shoots. It's blocked for another corner

Marchionni, in space, tries to find Mutu but the ball is too close to Reina and Fiorentina waste an opportunity to finish Liverpool off

Carragher swings a boot at the ball from 20 yards but it goes comfortably wide

Another fine long ball from Aurelio finds Kuyt and the Reds win a corner after the ball is played around the box, but Gerrard's delivery is cleared at the front post

Some much-needed possession for the home side ends with Marchionni winning a throw under the watchful eye of Carragher

Fiorentina may have ridden the early storm

A long period of Liverpool possession sees them patiently make their way upfield. But Insua's cross is woeful

The ball sails across the six-yard area and for another corner

Gerrard controls brilliantly and leaves a defender on the floor. His cross is looking for Torres but it goes for a corner

A pinpoint crossfield ball finds its way to Kuyt who controls brilliantly, but after flicking it in the air, he tries to head to Benayoun instead of hitting it

Kuyt's deflected cross from the right flies at Frey who is forced to make anothersdie

Gerrard finds space on the right and cuts the ball back, but it is cleared. Liverpool look as though they mean business now

The corner is a peach and lands on the head of Lucas Leiva, who astonishingly heads over the bar from six yards. It should be 2-1

Benayoun finds plenty of space as Gianluca Comotto midjudges a long ball. He gets to the byline, cuts back before shooting at Frey who palms the ball for a corner. The Israel international may curse himself for not finding a team-mate

One minute to be added on

Liverpool seem to have awoken but Frey is not being forced into any saves

Liverpool fail to get a shot in from the set-piece

Benayoun and Gerrard link up down the right and the ball is cleared for a corner

Liverpool are clearly frustrated and shell-shocked and will be desperate for half-time to come

Liverpool are once again getting their foot on the ball but are finding it difficult to break down the home side

The ball drops to Gerrard but his effort from distance is tame and easily saved by Frey

Fiorentina find huge gaps again and Glen Johnson is forced to stretch to clear the ball

A corner is cleared by Liverpool

Vargas, on the end of a long ball, lashes a vicious shout from an audacious angle which Reina is forced to beat away

Liverpool try to respond as an Aurelio free-kick flies into the box, but keeper Sebastien Frey keeps his nerve to get rid of the danger

A low cross from the left finds its way to Jovetic who tries to nudge it on. Reina gathers

Carragher fails to head the ball away and it eventually falls to Marchionni on the left side of the box. He volleys wide, but Liverpool's defensive frailties are quite apparent

Marchionni turns Emiliano Insua brilliantly but fails to pick out a man with his cross when in acres of space

Jovetic has a pop from 25 yards but he pulls it wide of the near-post

Marco Marchionni wastes a chance to break as his ball wide goes dead

Despite a bright start from the Premier League side, its Fiorentina who are very much on top at the moment. But they are failing to make any significant inroads into the Liverpool rearguard

The corner finds itself to Jovetic who cuts a cross back inside, but the flag is raised

Stevan Jovetic finds space and runs at the Liverpool defence, his shot is blocked well by Skrtel to force a corner

A hopeful toe-poke almost finds its way to Mutu but Pepe Reina is alert to the danger

The Viola are gradually growing in confidence and in turn, growing into the match

Torres momentarily crouches to the ground in pain after apparently being nicked in a challenge

Liverpool finally get the ball away after two half-clearances by Torres and Kuyt

Marco Marchionni wins a corner, which he will take

Stevan Jovetic is flagged offside as he tries to play off the shoulder of Jamie Carragher and Skrtel

A long ball is headed down by Kuyt to Torres, who tries to make it a one-two with a ball over the top. But it has just too much on it to prevent the former getting a shot in on goal

Benayoun pokes the ball forward to Gerrard who motors down the left flank, but he only wins a throw and Liverppool will be forced to build again

The home side appear happy for Liverpool to keep possession until the final third

Martin Skrtel's long clearance almost turns into a terrific ball to Dirk Kuyt, but Dutchman's lack of pace costs him as he cannot track it down ahead of Massimo Gobbi

A long ball is nodded back by Torres to Yossi Benayoun, but he is adjudged to have fouled one of the two onlooking defenders competing for the ball

Both sides are trading the ball at present. But the visitors look comfortable

Steven Gerrard finds space in between the midfield and defence but his threaded ball through to Fernando Torres caught the Spaniard by surprise, for once

Liverpool, playing all in white, have had much of their early possession