article_snippet: There are still days when the cogs in the machine don’t run smoothly, days when the absence of any kind of Plan B hurts Liverpool and hurts them badly.
article_snippet: Here, though, Martin Skrtel (right) found the key and, as a result, Liverpool ran out of ideas.
article_snippet: The visitors’ formation squeezed the life out of Liverpool while their two central defenders Alex Baptiste and Matthew Kilgallon cleaned up everything that Brendan Rodgers’ team did manage to throw in to the penalty area.
article_snippet: Without their much-discussed centre forward Josh King – who was injured - the Championship side relied heavily on the imposing figure of Rudy Gestede and Rudy Gestede worried Liverpool’s back three all afternoon but especially in the first half.
article_snippet: Perhaps Liverpool were unsettled by a nasty injury to their own defender Martin Skrtel in the very first minute.
article_snippet: Liverpool playmaker Coutinho (left) tries to escape the attention of Blackburn's Williamson but the Reds struggled going forward .
article_snippet: Lazar Markovic (left) of Liverpool chases down Blackburn's Ben Marshall during the FA Cup quarter-final at Anfield .
article_snippet: Blackburn's Cairney (right) turns away from Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in the game at Anfield .
article_snippet: Indeed, all that Rodgers’ team really had to show for Rodgers’ team efforts as the game reached the last 20 minutes was a shot by Sturridge that was blocked by Baptiste and a follow up from Coutinho that must have landed somewhere in the environs of Goodison Park.
article_snippet: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers  will be frustrated by Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers   's lacklustre performance on a frustrating afternoon .