THEREDS: Minute By Minute Liverpool Vs Birmingham

• 93 Min
  Full-time:
• 91 Min
  Meireles at the back post...over...he was offside anyway
• 90 Min
  Substitution: Nikola Zigić for James McFadden:
• 89 Min
  Gerrard trying desperately to manufacture something here
• 88 Min
  Left-foot smack from Johnson...again it hits a Birmingham player
• 87 Min
  Nice strike from Poulsen...blocked
• 85 Min
  Gardner evades Gerrard...his long-range shot hits the hoardings
• 83 Min
  Torres runs through three or four challenges but Gardner intervenes before he can get a shot it
• 81 Min
  Maxi chests down...it's awkward for Stevie and his shot goes well into the stand
• 78 Min
  Substitution: Daniel Agger for Paul Konchesky:
• 78 Min
  A decent debut from him but he can't continue
• 77 Min
  Konchesky down injured
• 76 Min
  Substitution: Raul Meireles for Lucas Leiva:
• 75 Min
  Maxi turns, takes a couple of steps and sprays wide
• 73 Min
  The is better from Liverpool
• 72 Min
  Decent ball from Konchesky but Gerrard's touch isn't as good as it almost always is
• 70 Min
  Liverpool fail to deal with another ball into the box...thankfully Jerome heads wide
• 69 Min
  Gerrard obviously doesn't like bandages...he's discarded it
• 67 Min
  Stevie back on with a head bandage. Terry Butcher
• 66 Min
  Composed defending from Carra while Gerrard is off the pitch. The fourth official won't let him on because he has blood on his shirt
• 64 Min
  Gerrard threads one through for Torres...shoots from a ridiculous angle...Foster palms behind for a corner...Gerrard would have liked that back
• 63 Min
  Konchesky steals possession down the left...crosses...Birmingham are struggling here...poor control from Torres
• 59 Min
  Gerrard whips a ball across the 18-yard box...no one read it
• 58 Min
  Lovely skill from Torres
• 57 Min
  Free-kick comes in...free header for Dann...he nods it into the ground and it bounces over. A lucky escape
• 55 Min
  A snaky run from Jovanovic...he put his head down and went but got crowded out
• 54 Min
  There's blood coming from Gerrard's ear!
• 53 Min
  Great ball from Konchesky but Jovanovic's touch was heavy. He could have been in there
• 50 Min
  Gardner drags one wide from 30 yards. Bit hopeful
• 46 Min
  Gerrard tries to rouse his team early in the second period with a snapshot. Ben Foster tested for the first time
• 46 Min
  Second Half Begins
• 45 Min
  Half Time Reached
• 43 Min
  Threatening cross...Carra leaves it...Roger Johnson gets a foot on it...over
• 37 Min
  Another ball into the Liverpool box...free header for Gardner...that's another incredible save from Pepe...three now
• 37 Min
  The game has come to life
• 37 Min
  Torres could be through here... Great tackle from Roger Johnson
• 36 Min
  Cross comes in...surely a goal...Reina gets there before Larsson. What a goalkeeper
• 33 Min
  Gardner tries to lob Reina from 10 yards...he should have just blasted it. Instead it went over
• 32 Min
  The ball arrives into the box once more...Maxi tries an overhead kick. Don't watch Match of the Day 2 tonight, Maxi
• 32 Min
  Short to Johnson...he loses it
• 32 Min
  Gerrard whips in the resulting free-kick and now he'll take the corner after it was headed behind
• 31 Min
  Now Ferguson chops down Lucas
• 30 Min
  Gerrard blasts one over from 35 yards. Liverpool need to step it up
• 29 Min
  First Booking: Craig Gardner:
• 29 Min
  Awful tackle on Lucas from Gardner
• 27 Min
  McFadden curls over
• 26 Min
  Very dangerous area for a Birmingham free-kick here
• 23 Min
  Quick free-kick catches Liverpool out...cross comes in...Jerome heads...world-class save from Reina. How did he get a hand to that?
• 20 Min
  The ref has stopped play after Gerrard got an arm to his head
• 17 Min
  Torres loses possession. Hesitant
• 16 Min
  Superb defending from Skrtel to stop Jerome getting through
• 15 Min
  Liverpool have had 60 per cent of possession so far
• 14 Min
  Apparently Andy Gray has just said the scuffed shot was typical of Torres's season so far. He's barely played!
• 12 Min
  Johnson barges his way down the right...puts in a low cross but scuffs his touch
• 9 Min
  Gerrard floats one long but it's headed clear
• 9 Min
  Corner to Liverpool
• 9 Min
  A slow start
• 8 Min
  Bowyer fouls Johnson down the right
• 6 Min
  Liverpool launching a lot of balls early on. Wasteful
• 1 Min
  Match Starts