43 min: .. Suarez touches it to Gerrard but his drive is over the top. The Liverpool fans have been chanting Fabrice Muamba's name for the past few minutes. "I'm wondering who Stevie MBE will "accidentally" elbow in the head today," asks Richard Johnson. 42 min: Free kick to Liverpool as Shawcross was tugging Suarez's shirt right on the edge of the area. Gerrard and Maxi stand over it ... 41 min: Stoke make a bit of a meal of dealing with two Downing crosses, neither of which seemed to be aimed anywhere near Liverpool players. Suarez picks up the loose ball and tries to chip Sorensen from a tight angle but the keeper plucks the ball from the air. I think it was going wide anyway. 39 min: This is an old school FA Cup tie in so far as it's not very good but both teams want to win. "As much as I hate it when people blame referees, I'm about to blame the referee," says Matt Dony. Kevin Friend is already on Fulham's Christmas card list after giving Liverpool precisely zero decisions earlier in the season, and now he's due a tin of Quality Street from Stoke, too. 35 min: Lovely play from Suarez who skins Wilson on the left. He tries to weave inside Huth but the Stoke defender blocks and the ball runs behind. From about three yards away the assistant doesn't see Huth's touch and gives a goal kick. Suarez accepts the decision in his calm and philosophical manner. 33 min: For Andy Carroll a few minutes ago, read Stewart Downing now (but with his favoured foot). 32 min: It should be 2-1 to Stoke. Liverpool wanted a free kick for a handball by Whitehead. It's not given and Whithead slides a perfect pass through to Walters. Spearing does well to put him under pressure but Walters still shot have hit the target but fires wide at the near post. 31 min: Andy Caroll tries an acrobatic volley with his bad foot from the edge of the area and you don't need me to tell you where an acrobatic Andy Carroll volley with his bad foot from the edge of the area ends up. 29 min: Wilkinson goes through the back of Suarez and gets a yellow card. Someone in the crowd calls the Stoke man "a dirty c***." No sarcasm detector needed on that one. "I was just going to say how, as happy as I am that Liverpool are leading, it's clearly going to be a draw," says Matt Dony. Because, y'know, it's Anfield. And that's just the way things work. Then Stoke levelled it. Happy days... (no sarcasm detector needed...)  Liverpool 1-1 STOKE (Crouch 26) Peter Crouch equalises against his former club. It should never have been a corner but Liverpool still should have defended it properly. Andy Carroll completely lost Crouch and it was a simple header inside the six yard box. Pepe Reina feels he was blocked on the line by Shotton and picks up a yellow card for his complaints. Great response from Stoke. 24 min: Stoke go straight up the other end it takes the slightest of touches from Jamie Carragher to take the ball of Walters' head. From the corner it's worked short to Whelan and his low drive is hacked clear by Kelly for another corner. From that Shawcross flicks on but there's nobody at the back post to capitalise. Strangely the referee gives a corner. LIVERPOOL 1-0 Stoke City (Suarez 22) It's a lovely opener from Luis Suarez (not quite as good as his Carling Cup effort against Stoke, but not far off). he dropped deep again to pick up the ball, played a one-two with Maxi Rodriguez, held off the challenge of Whitehead and curled a low shot past Sorensen into the bottom right corner. 19 min: Suarez drops deep to collect the ball and spreads it wide to Maxi Rodriguez. The Argentine takes a touch and tries to shoot but it's charged down. Stoke go straight up the other end but Shotton's long-range effort is a long way from hitting the target. I ran my sarcasm detector over your comment on English players not diving, and there was no beep. Time to get a new one?" asks Adithya. I'm not going to ask you to spend that kind of cash. 17 min: Stoke are much the better team here and are playing some lovely football. It looked as if it as briefly going to open up for Walters at the edge of the area but he elects not to shoot. Eventually they work it wide to Shotton but his touch is heavy and Jose Enrique can clear. Liverpool have struggled to get any rhythm into their game so far. 15 min: Yellow card for Glenn Whelan for a late tackle on Jay Spearing. I'm not sure how much actual contact there is but English players don't dive so he must have caught him. Sorry, Anthony O'Connell, but for Torres to score three and Carroll to score four, we'd have to go back to multiple replays, and play a seasons worth of matches. And frankly, I'm just not up for the tension," says Matt Dony. 11 min: Stoke have a throw on the right which Shotton lined up as if he is Rory Delap mark II. Instead he fools the Liverpool defence by going short to Wilkinson, who returns to Shotton on the right. His cross is deep and finds Crouch who decides to head at goal rather than nod it back across the face and Reina gathers easily. Poor choice from Crouch. 10 min: Stoke have started really brightly at Anfield. The sun seems to be right in the eyes of the Liverpool defence which, given how many high balls Soke play, could be problematic. I should mention that Stoke City have been my tip for the Cup since the fourth round. Not that I've put any money on it. 6 min: After a lengthy delay Etherington hobbles back on. In his absence Whelan's free kick was poor and Gerrard cleared. Anthony O'Connell writes: "Can see it already Liverpool v Chelsea at Wembley at Torres scores three and Liverpool still win when Andy Carroll scores four." 3 min: Yellow card for Martin Kelly for chopping down Matthew Etherington, who looks in some trouble. This will be a blow for Stoke if he has to go off. Peep! We're underway at Anfield. Some technical gremlins coupled with the Chelsea v Leicester game running late means that there is actually three minutes gone but it's goalless and I am assured that nothing has happened. Team news Evan is just tied at the moment covering Chelsea v Leicester, but in the meantime, here are the line-ups for this game: Liverpool: Reina; Kelly, Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique; Maxi, Spearing, Gerrard, Downing; Carroll, Suarez. Subs: Doni, Coates, Kuyt, Adam, Henderson, Flanagan, Shelvey. Stoke: Sorensen; Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson; Shotton, Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington; Walters, Crouch Subs: Nash, Delap, Jerome, Upson, Pennant, Jones, Palacios. Good afternoon Liverpool + Stoke City + FA Cup = Magic. Right? This game is definitely, definitely not going to be a turgid 0-0 or 1-0. Although Stoke fans would gladly take that - their last win at Anfield came in March 1959. Smoke gets in Your Eyes by Platters was No1 while Bill Asprey and Dennis Wilshaw were among the goals for Stoke. But it was a momentous day in so many other ways. Steve McFadden, who would go on to play Phil Mitchell in Eastenders, was born, while 32 students in California broke the record for the most people ever stuffed into a phonebooth. What heady days they were. Can today emulate that? First we need Stoke to win at Anfield and then we need 33 of you to find a phone box that isn't filled with the regurgitated mess of St Patrick's Day and squash yourselves into it. Probably best to wait and see if Stoke win before trying that particular feat. Here are some pointers for the match: Liverpool have kept seven clean sheets in their last eight sixth-round ties at Anfield Stoke City have never kept a clean sheet in an FA Cup sixth-round tie Luis Suárez has scored three goals in three games against Stoke Robert Huth has scored in five of his last seven FA Cup appearances while Jonathan Walters has scored seven goals in his last nine games in the competition Of the teams to have made it to the sixth round at least four times, Liverpool have the best progression rate (79.2%)