There will be three minutes added on as the game slows to walking pace.

Great touch from Andriy Voronin who sets himself up for the shot which is well saved by Sorensen

Daniel Sanchez Ayala can be quietly pleased with his performance. The young defender made a nervy start but settled as the game went on.

Emiliano Insua tries a cross but gets it all wrong and it skews out for a goal kick. Not the best cross that one!

Stoke are looking tired now as their defending looks more and more desperate, a third Liverpool goal is surely not far away...

Great save! Kuyt lifts in a cross that skims off a Stoke head and Sorensen does well to tip the ball over. Liverpool are right on top now.

Great run again from Glenn Johnson who runs down the right again before cutting inside and firing in a shot that was well saved again by Sorensen

The game swings the other way as Liverpool come back into things, Torres has a go from long range but Sorensen is equal to it

Johnson plays in Kuyt who drills the all across the six yard box but no one is there to finish. Johnson is having a fantastic game this evening.

Chance! Gerrard rifles in a shot that Sorensen parries, Kuyt is onto the rebound but can't control it and Sorensen is able to collect.

James Beattie delivers a great cross towards Whelan but Johnson does well to nip the ball away fromthe Stoke man's head at the last minute. Great start to the half by Stoke.

Great save! Liverpool fail to deal with a corner and Rory Delap looked certain to score but Reina does really well to tip the ball round.

Torres is ready to come back on.

Johnson does well yet again before he is crudely brought down by Cresswell who is lucky again not to get a yellow. Free kick to Liverpool - wasted.

Torres rises above Ryan Shawcross and heads the ball towards goal, Sorensen saves and Torres takes a bang to the back of his head for his troubles, he is off recieving treatment.

Stoke are doing well to close down the Liverpool players at every opportunity, after such a bad start they have done well to get back into the game.

Whelan whips in a free-kick right onto the head of James Beattie, Reina does well to save but the flag had already gone up anyway. Nice little spell of pressure this from Stoke.

Delap does his stuff again and James Beattie gets a great flick on, but sadly for Stoke there was no one there at the far post to finish.

Another fantastic pass from Javier Mascherano sets Emiliano Insua away, but the full-back skews his shot over, a cross may have been a better option there.

Delap launches another dangerous long throw which comes off a Liverpool head, luckily for the Reds Jose Manuel Reina is alert and manages to smother the ball.

Fernando Torres crosss from the right, Dirk Kuyt flicks it on and Emiliano Insua fires in the shot but can't get it on target, Liverpool are having plenty of joy down that right hand side.

The ever willing Glen Johnson is released down the right by Mascherano but his cross is well dealt with by Sorensen.

After a shaky start Stoke are slowly starting to claw themselves back into the game, though Javier Mascherano is still dominating in midfield.

Torres looks to break for Liverpool but Delap cynically pulls him down, the Stoke man is lucky not to recieve a yellow card for that.

Rory Delap launches in his traditional long throw, Ayala heads out but Glenn Whelan picks up the ball and fires in a shot that deflects over for a corner - which comes to nothing

Steven Gerrard makes a burst down the right and the ball falls for Lucas Leiva who fires in a low shot, well saved at the second attempt by Thomas Sorensen.

Daniel Sanchez Ayala gets a clap from the crowd as he makes his first touch big night ahead for the youngster.