Fernando Torres fired Liverpool back to the Premier League summit with a first-half brace to sink sorry Blackburn.
Torres opened the scoring with a breathtaking finish in just the fifth minute before heading past Paul Robinson 12 minutes before the break as the home side totally dominated proceedings.
Daniel Agger lashed home a late thunderbolt and substitute David N'Gog headed in from point-blank range in the 90th minute to complete an easy afternoon's work for Rafa Benitez's men.
The match at Anfield was preceded by an impeccably observed minute's silence to mark Wednesday's 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters.
Once the action got under way, the Reds were swiftly into their stride against a Blackburn side who had centre-back Chris Samba pressed into solo striking duties.
Benitez was able to leave captain Steven Gerrard on the bench throughout and withdrew Torres from the action with 17 minutes remaining with the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea to come on Tuesday and further Premier League battles ahead.
The four-goal romp puts Liverpool back on top of the table, temporarily at least before Manchester United travel to Sunderland, while Rovers remain firmly embroiled in the relegation battle.
Liverpool made four changes from the side that lost to Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Agger, Yossi Benayoun, Javier Mascherano and Emiliano Insua replacing Gerrard, Martin Skrtel, Lucas Leiva and Fabio Aurelio.
Blackburn were without El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts and Morten Gamst Pedersen from the side that beat Spurs last time out with Benni McCarthy only on the bench from that side.
Andre Ooijer, Tugay, David Dunn and Keith Treacy came into the team as Sam Allardyce started with five at the back.
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