Nelsen missing for Rovers

Blackburn are without captain Ryan Nelsen for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Liverpool.

The New Zealand international suffered a knee injury in last week’s defeat of Bolton and could be out for three to four weeks.

Christopher Samba is likely to take his place having served a suspension while Brett Emerton (Achilles) is also available again.

David Dunn is pushing for a recall having had a run-out in the reserves this week.

Provisional squad: Robinson, Grella, Olsson, Salgado, Givet, Pedersen, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Roberts, Diouf, Andrews, Kalinic, Dunn, Chimbonda, Reid, Di Santo, Brown, Samba, Emerton, Jones.