LIVERPOOL defender Martin Skrtel will miss the FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday, April 8 after he failed in his bid to overturn a three-match ban for standing on Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.

Liverpool will also be without their captain Steven Gerrard against Rovers through suspension after he was sent-off for stamping on Ander Herrera during his side's 2-1 Premier League defeat to United at Anfield on Sunday.