LONDON: Liverpool’s hopes of turning a miserable season around suffered another setback on Saturday when they conceded a last-minute equaliser to Stoke in a 1-1 draw. A second-half goal from Sotirios Kyrgiakos had looked like it would be enough to ease the pressure on the Reds’ under-fire manager Rafael Benitez, who has had to contend with calls for him to be sacked following the club’s FA Cup

exit to Reading. 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.