Liverpool frustrated by gritty Depor

Liverpool 0 Deportivo 0

Liverpool took the game to the Spanish side all night, and wasted a string of first half chances. But in the end they had the life strangled out of them by an ever-increasing blanket of blue and white shirts which clawed out a point that keeps Deportivo alive and Liverpool searching now for something on their travels to secure a place in the next stage.

Spanish star Xabi Alonso was back for Liverpool while Steve Finnan and Harry Kewell returned to the bench after illness and sickness, respectively, for a match they really had to win.