a disciplined blackburn frustrated liverpool as the championship side held their premier league opponents to a scoreless draw and forced an fa cup quarter final replay gary bowyer's side kept the reds plethora of superstars at bay and will host them again at ewood road, with his towering striker rudy gestede proving tough to contain for brendan rodgers' men, especially after the departure on a stretcher by martin skrtel following an ugly fall early on here, sportsmail's chris wheeler rates every player's performance at anfield blackburn rovers' rudy gestede proved a handful for liverpool's defence in their fa cup draw  liverpool (3 4 2 1) simon mignolet   65  looked shaky under his first high ball, but settled and produced a fantastic save to keep out a goal bound header from baptiste liverpool keeper simon mignolet makes a reflex save after blackburn's alex john baptiste heads on target  glen johnson   6  almost turned a cross into his own goal in the first half but got forward well as liverpool seized the upper hand martin skrtel   6  knocked out inside two minutes after falling awkwardly when challenging gestede and carried off on a stretcher martin skrtel gives fans a double thumbs up as he left the pitch on a stretcher after a nasty fall  dejan lovren   6  had his hands full with gestede after skrtel’s exit and struggled with the big blackburn striker at times reds defender kolo toure hits this close range chance into the back of the net but was judged offside  lazar markovic   65  lively down the liverpool right but faded and replaced by balotelli just before the hour mark jordan henderson   65  another reassured display from the liverpool skipper unlucky not to break the deadlock with a late effort lazar markovic (centre) was lively for the reds down the right side but was replaced by mario balotelli  emre can   6  played in midfield again and looked solid enough without producing anything spectacular raheem sterling   55  didn’t make as much of an impression as he can and struggled to get into the game headed late chance wide raheem sterling turns inside rovers' adam henley during their fa cup quarter final on sunday  philippe coutinho   55  the little brazilian has scored some memorable goals recently but didn’t have his shooting boots on, twice firing well off target  adam lallana   5  guilty of poor distribution in the first half and did not have a big enough impact on the game for a player of his calibre adam lallana appeals for a penalty but he was legally dispossed by blackburn's matthew kilgallon  daniel sturridge   65  became more of a threat as the game wore on, and had one great effort on goal end of first half, but will be disappointed not to trouble blackburn more subs: ward, toure (for skrtel 11, 6) lambert, moreno, sakho, balotelli (for markovic 59, 6), williams booked: can  manager: brendan rodgers – 5  brendan rodgers (right) issues directions to raheem sterling during the frustrating draw  blackburn (4 2 3 1) simon eastwood   7  had less to do than he might have expected early on but produced great reflex saves to deny sturridge and henderson adam henley   65  battled well throughout but fortunate to avoid a booking for a late challenge on can adam henley gets tight on sterling during a committed performance from the battling blackburn defender  matthew kilgallon   75  made some great challenges, including one interception on lallana in the first half, but rode his luck by holding back sturridge in the box alex baptiste   7  declared fit after hamstring problem and so nearly emerged as blackburn’s hero but his header was saved by mignolet defender alex baptiste (right) makes a lunging tackle on liverpool striker daniel sturridge  baptiste heads blackburn's best chance of the match only for it to be denied by mignolet  martin olsson   65  kept on his toes by markovic but coped well on the whole to make sure liverpool were limited to hopeful balls into the box lee williamson   75  worked tirelessly in front of his defence to ensure that liverpool did not have the time and space to pick off their championship opponents lee williamson (right) worked tirelessly against the reds' star studded attack, including philippe coutinho  corry evans   65  hasn’t been the best weekend for the evans family, but he’ll be more than satisfied with a solid performance here  craig conway   6  had blackburn’s best chance of the first half but blazed high and wide with only mignolet to beat from just inside the box tom cairney   65  impressed in a central role behind gestede, particularly in the first half when blackburn were more not pinned back in their own half booked for high challenge on balotelli blackburn's tom cairney (right) impressed for his side in behind gestede  ben marshall   6  replaced by taylor midway through the second half after putting in a decent shift on the left side of blackburn’s midfield  rudy gestede   8  posed a real problem for the liverpool defence from the moment skrtel was injured won almost every high ball and provided a vital outlet for his team blackburn's rudy gestede endures close attention from emre can as the rovers held the reds to 0 0  subs: spurr, brown, rhodes, taylor (for marshall 68, 6), henry, lenihan, steele booked: cairney  manager: gary bowyer – 7  rovers manager gary bowyer gets caught up in the moment as his side kept liverpool at bay  referee: andre marriner 65  star man: rudy gestede 
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liverpool held to a 0 0 draw by blackburn in fa cup quarter final . rovers to host reds at ewood park in replay for semi final place . rovers striker rudy gestede wreaked havoc on red defence . martin skrtel exited early on a stretcher after a nasty fall, but is ok 