Liverpool managed an unconvincing 3-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park to increase the pressure on manager Paul Ince.
Xabi Alonso opened the scoring for the away side in the 69th minute and Yossi Benayoun looked to have secured the points just ten minutes later, before a late Roque Santa Cruz was cancelled out by Steven Gerrard in injury time.
The first half had promised very little - a fantastic 30-yard drive from Morten Gamst-Pedersen that struck the bar proved the only highlight of an otherwise poor opening from both sides.
With the second half beginning in much the same fashion, it looked likely that Liverpool would record a third consecutive 0-0 draw in the Premier league.
However, a composed finish from Alonso but the Reds ahead and Benayoun fired across Paul Robinson to double their lead with just ten minutes to go.
A tense finish was set up by Santa Cruz when he buried home a header at the back post, but it was in vain as Riera found Gerrard to slot into an empty net deep into stoppage-time.
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