There will be three extra minutes

The ball is played forward to Gilardino from Comotto and Cavalieri comes. He gets nowhere near it and is forced to back-track. The Italy strikes crosses, but Agger boots it clear

Vargas, in space, hits a cross-cum-shot which Cavalieri saves at his near-post

The ball is worked short and the attack comes to nothing

Dossena wins yet another corner

Vargas chips it back for Montilivo. As in the first half, he mis-hits and Cavalieri saves

Darby heads a cross behind for a corner

Marchionni lets fly from 30 yards and Cavalieri is forced to save low at his right

Gerrard crosses for Torres who loses his marker. The Spaniard cannot get his head on it due to the pace of the ball

Liverpool continue to press into the last 10 minutes. But if a goal does not come at the Kop end, it would be no surprise to see Fiorentina break and grab a winner

Fiorentina break with pace and win a corner

Gerrard's corner is beaten away by Frey

With his first touch of the match, Pacheco controls the ball on the edge of the area and lashes in a curling shot which Frey beats behind

Another corner is cleared by Fiorentina

Torres trades places with Dossena and does brilliantly to lose a number of defenders to cross. The ball is straight on the Italian's head, but he completely misses it

As ever, Gerrard takes. Agger's glance finds its way to Torres, whose shot is blocked. Darby crosses back in and Gerrard's attempt hits the side-netting

The Italians look extremely dangerous on the break but this time Liverpool see of the danger. Play heads to the other and Gerrard's deflected cross wins a corner

Gerrard sprints across the pitch to take the corner which Donadel heads away

Gerrard delivers another dangerous ball which Comotto boots clear

Torres nutmegs Koldrup and is then brought down. Free-kick from the right touchline

It's a bitter pill to swallow for Liverpool, who were finally getting on top

Gerrard's delivery is a beauty and is directed at Agger. The Dane launches himself at it but is six inches too short and fails to make contact

Benayoun is fouled in a similar area to where the foul was committed which led to the first goal

Another corner for Liverpool and Gerrard takes again. It is a great ball but it is cut out with Benayoun waiting to double his goal tally for the night free in the six-yard area

Gerrard attempts to play it back towards Mascherano, but the Viola defendersd are wise to it and sweep the ball clear

Dossena, who has been full of running down the left, wins a corner from Comotto due to sheer harrassment

Gerrard and Benayoun force Fiorentina out of possession and the captain finds space to cross. He aims to pick out Dossena but the ball is cut out at the back stick

Skrtel is forced off the field for treatment due to a knock to his mid-section

Gerrard delivers and it is half-cleared. Dossena swings a boot at the rebound from the corner of the box, but it hits the side-netting

A long ball finds Dossena who does well to keep it in at the byline. His hopeful cross wins a corner

A smart ball finds Jorgensen in acres of space at the byline. He crosses towards Gilardino, who goes for the ball simultaneously with Cavalieri at the front post. The ball drops behind both of them and the keeper smothers it

The second half is underway

The corner is met by Cesare Natali but his header is directed wide

Pasqual curls another ball in towards Gilardino and Skrtel is forced to head clear for a corner

One added minute

Frey is yet to make a save in this half

Gerrard wins a free-kick near the right touchline 25 yards out

Half-time cannot come soon enough as the quality continues to deteriorate

Liverpool probe and prod around the Fiorentina 18-yard area but are short of creation

Pasqual whips in a delicious ball which has the Reds back four guessing. Gilardino cannot meet it, but it is more promising play from the Serie A outfit

The second corner is chipped back outside the are and Montolivo volleys in a bouncing strike which is saved well by Cavalieri at his right

Fiorentina corner. The ball is met by De Silvestri whose header is powerful. Luckily for Liverpool, it is straight at Cavalieri who beats it over

Per Kroldrup makes his way forward and goes down under a Darby-Skrtel sandwich. He screams for a penalty, but his claims are hopeful and do not warrant the decision

There's something of an end-to-end feel about this contest, but both defences are holding firm

A long ball finds Alberto Gilardino who pulls it back for Jorgensen. His shot from 20 yards makes its way into the upper reaches of the Kop

Fiorentina pressure. Lorenzo De Silvestri crosses a loose ball but there is too much pace on it for Martin Jorgensen to direct his header goalwards

Aquilani and Gerrard link up once more to ignite another break. The ball is played to Benayoun who looks to switch to Dossena who is unmarked, but Riccardo Montolivo intercepts

Liverpool keep possession well and Dossena finds space. He crosses to find just one red shirt in the middle and the ball cleared

Gerrard's delivery is well cleared

Liverpool break swiftly through the passing of Gerrard and Aquilani. Yossi Benayoun wins a corner

Despite the pace of the game, there are signs of the dead rubber nature of this tie. Fiorentina are slightly the better of the two sides

Daniel Agger places a careless backpass short of Cavalieri which Mario Santana chases. The stand-in keeper has to be alert to boot the ball away

Down the other end, Fiorentina break and Manuel Pasqual is presented with plenty of space in behind Darby. Martin Skrtel gets back well to prevent a cross from reaching the area

Gerrard spreads play wide to Emiliano Insua who delivers a cross which Aquilani does his best to meet. It's got too much on it, but even at this early stage, the Italian midfielder is showing his intent as a box-to-box midfielder

The first glimpse of the Reds tonight as a flick from Steven Gerrard finds Aquilani who bombs forward. He tips it wide to Dossena, who whips in a tasty ball to Dirk Kuyt. The Dutchman fails to get any decent contact on the ball and the chance goes

The visitors, in their change strip of all white, have started this match full of energy. Their doggedness wins a free-kick just inside the Liverpool half but the delivery into the area does not trouble the Liverpool backline