Liverpool's hopes of turning a miserable season around have suffered another setback when they conceded a late equaliser in a 1-all draw at Stoke.
A second-half goal from Sotirios Kyrgiakos had looked like it would be enough to ease the pressure on Liverpool's under-fire manager Rafael Benitez, who's had to contend with calls for him to be sacked following the club's FA Cup exit to Reading earlier in the week.
But the defensive frailty that has hampered Liverpool throughout the campaign was exposed again in the 90th-minute when Robert Huth scrambled in an equaliser after the visitors had failed to clear a corner.
Liverpool was also denied what seemed a clear penalty in the first half and Dirk Kuyt headed against the post in the fifth minute of injury time.
The draw leaves Liverpool in seventh four points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City.
