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.Reina produced excellent reflex saves to keep out point-blank range headers from Cameron Jerome and Craig Gardner.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.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. Barry Ferguson and Gardner bossed the midfield while James McFadden and Cameron Jerome linked well up front.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.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.But the Spaniard failed to make a clean contact on his attempted shot which he dragged a couple of yards wide.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.Blues midfielder Gardner became the first player to be yellow carded after 28 minutes for a challenge on Lucas.Birmingham continued to look the more dangerous and Gardner dinked a shot over the bar after being teed up by Sebastian Larsson.

Source: Liverpool_Echo