City capitalise on defensive errors,earn a point at Anfield

Two defensive howlers cost Liverpool all three points as they drew 2-2 with Premier League champions Manchester City at Anfield

Two defensive howlers cost Liverpool all three points as they drew 2-2 with Premier League champions Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. The Merseysiders twice went ahead through Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez on manager Brendan Rodgers home debut,but failed to hold the lead on both occasions with costly errors at the back gifting Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez goals.

It means Rodgers wait for a first Liverpool victory will wait another week after his side lost 3-0 to West Bromwich Albion last weekend. After a sluggish start,Liverpool began to dominate proceedings and should have taken the lead when Fabio Borini sent a cross from 17-year-old Raheem Stirling just wide.

The hosts got the goal their pressure deserved from the resulting corner however,with Gerrards cross being met with an unstoppable header from Skrtel on the edge of the six-metre box on 34 minutes. Citys equaliser was against the run of play when Toure took advantage of Pepe Reina and Martin Kellys failure to clear a Tevez cross,sweeping the ball into the net on 63 minutes.

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Liverpool took the lead back barely a minute later when below-par striker Suarez hit a stunning free-kick from 20 metres out,after Jack Rodwell was harshly judged to have handled a Gerrard shot. City,again pulled level with Tevezs 100th goal in English football when Skrtel went from hero to villain,his poor backpass being intercepted by the striker before calmly rounding Reina to score on 80 minutes.

Arsenal fail to score again

In Sundays early match,Arsenal and Stoke City played out a 0-0 draw at the Britannia Stadium. The result means Arsenal are still searching for their first goal of the season after they were held to a scoreless draw by Sunderland last weekend.