Lacklustre Liverpool need shoot-out to win

Liverpool 1 Ipswich 1

Under-fire goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek was not the only Liverpool player unexpectedly named in the side. Back came Abel Xavier, for his first game since early September, while second team leading scorer Neil Mellor made his full debut.

Dudek got a tremendous reception from the Kop who had the chance to see what some of the supporting cast could do with only three of Saturday’s starting line-up on show.