Soccer:Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish gave Christian Poulsen his first Premier League appearance for nearly two months to fill the hole left by suspended captain Steven Gerrard against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.
Dalglish, in his first league match in charge of the Reds since replacing Roy Hodgson at the weekend, similarly handed Milan Jovanovic his first domestic start since September 12th.
Defender Glen Johnson — whose wife gave birth to a boy last night — was the third change from the side which exited the FA Cup against Manchester United on Sunday, with Gerrard banned, Fabio Aurelio rested and Maxi Rodriguez dropped to the bench.
Blackpool boss Ian Holloway, who made nine changes for their FA Cup defeat at Southampton, went with what was his recognised league side. Elliot Grandin was the only change to the team which lost at Birmingham in their last league match on January 4th, with Matt Phillips missing out.
Blackpool:Kingson, Eardley, Cathcart, Evatt, Crainey, Grandin, Adam, Vaughan, Taylor-Fletcher, Campbell, Varney. Subs:Rachubka, Southern, Ormerod, Baptiste, Euell, Sylvestre, Phillips.
Liverpool:Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Kelly, Meireles, Poulsen, Lucas, Jovanovic, Torres, Kuyt. Subs:Gulacsi, Konchesky, Kyrgiakos, Maxi, Wilson, Ngog, Shelvey.
