Blackburn - Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is looking to avoid an FA Cup upset at Blackburn on Wednesday as his side try to ease the disappointment of their fading challenge for a place in the Champions League.
A run of eight wins from nine Premier League games up to the middle of March had put Liverpool in a strong position to secure a top four finish.
But successive defeats against Manchester United and Arsenal either side of the international break have left Liverpool in fifth place, well adrift of the top four.