Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce says they'll take the game to Liverpool from the first minute today.

Allardyce is hoping to catch Liverpool weary from playing in Romania on Thursday as Rovers travel to Anfield in the Barclays Premier League.

He said: "A player coming back from international duty or a long journey abroad will suffer a bit of fatigue.

"I experienced that when I was managing Bolton. It was always harder to get a result but Liverpool have been doing it for years and years.

"Their squad's mentality is all about what they need to do after a European game. They will obviously try to win it in the first half because if fatigue kicks in later they wouldn't like to be at an even keel.

"We would probably get stronger as they get weaker.

"Hopefully we can give the sort of performance we gave against Liverpool at home when, realistically, we should have won. We have got to get to that level again and if a chance comes our way we have to be clinical enough to take it."