Good afternoon, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers.

Half-time. Still a rather muted home crowd, and a good display from Blackburn so far. Not sure Liverpool were quite expecting that.

Johnson takes the opportunity for a quick gallop down the right flank.

Great save there from Eastwood, batting away Sturridge's powerful shot at the near post.

Lovren fouls Gestede, but the subsequent free kick sails into the hands of Mignolet.

Markovic's shot is just deflected but Eastwood gathers that well.

Gestede gets his head to that free kick too, but nobody can quite pounce while Rovers fans claim handball against Henderson.

Emre Can gets a booking and quite rightly so, hauling down Cairney in the centre circle on the break.

Lallana skips into the box down the right and then takes an eternity to put in a cross - Blackburn have regrouped.

Gestede is chasing Eastwood's long goal kick and Mignolet and the Liverpool defence don't quite know what to do with him.

Gestede brings it down well in the box, but can't quite turn and get his shot away with any velocity.

Screamer there from Coutinho, high off his right boot.

The ball clips Gestede's hand, Toure lashes it home, the flag is up and it won't count.

Conway now concedes a free kick after bear-hugging Sterling.

Gestede hops over the ball as the cross races towards the right side of the box, and Conway simply blazes his shot nonsensically over the bar. What a chance.

Dinked ball into the box from Lallana, but Blackburn are organised well and Kilgallon gets that away.

Gestede is causing everyone all kinds of problems at the moment. He gives away a free kick here for a high foot on Sterling, who seemed to make contact with his hand.

The Blackburn fans are the rowdier set at the moment.

Gestede gets the flick-on there but can't quite direct it.