Resolute Blackburn hold Liverpool to a draw

Liverpool’s hopes of a top-four finish suffered a further setback as Blackburn produced a resolute defensive display to hold the Reds to a goalless draw.

After a dour first half, Blackburn’s Franco di Santo and Nikola Kalinic both hesitated when played through on goal.

Steven Gerrard had chances to break the deadlock and a penalty shout turned on his 500th appearance for Liverpool.

And they should have won it late on, but David Ngog could only turn Glen Johnson’s cross on to the bar.

The result, allied to victories for Aston Villa and Manchester City in the evening match against Chelsea, dropped Rafael Benitez’s side to seventh in the table.

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Posted by Bilal Sulehri on Dec 6 2009. Filed under Football. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry