Liverpool v Chelsea: in pictures

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks and family join in the pre-match tradition of singing You'll Never Walk Alone Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty

Liverpool fans in the Kop before the game Photograph: Stephen Pond/Empics Sport/PA

Joe Cole tries to tease the ball past Martin Skrtel Photograph: David Davies/PA

Ashley Cole tangles with Steven Gerrard Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Rafael Benítez appeals to the referee as Avram Grant looks on Photograph: Stephen Pond/PA

Fernando Torres takes a shot on goal Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Jamie Carragher untidily tackles Didier Drogba Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Empics/PA

Dirk Kuyt blasts the ball past the Chelsea defence Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian

Kuyt nutmegs Petr Cech to give Liverpool the lead Photograph: John Walton/PA

Kuyt celebrates his opening goal Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Torres celebrates Kuyt's strike Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty

Cole and Kuyt jump for the ball Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

Drogba goes down under a challenge from Carragher Photograph: Lee Sanders/EPA

Cole fails to connect with a Frank Lampard pass Photograph: Lee Sanders/EPA

Gerrard kisses the ball as he prepares to take a corner kick Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

An indecisive Cole sends a tame shot towards Pepe Reina Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP

Fabio Aurelio is stretchered off after picking up a suspected groin injury Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Referee Konrad Plautz orders Drogba to leave the field after he claims to be injured Photograph: John Walton/PA

John Arne Riise, on for the injured Aurelio, heads the ball into his own net to give Chelsea a precious away goal Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Riise lies dejected after his own goal in the fourth minute of injury time Photograph: David Davies/PA

A gleeful Drogba retrieves the ball Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty

Riise buries his head in his shirt in front of the Kop after the final whistle Photograph: Lee Sanders/EPA