| Rafael Benitez was denied a victory to lift the intense pressure
on him when Stoke grabbed a last-ditch equaliser at the Britannia
Stadium.
It was never pretty, but this much-derided Liverpool outfit stood
up to be counted in a physical showdown.
And they went ahead when Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos scrambled
home his first goal for the club early in the second period of a
bitterly contested battle.
But Stoke's relentless aerial assault produced an equaliser from
Robert Huth in the 89th minute.
It was a terrible blow for a Liverpool side facing pressure from
all quarters, and they were even denied a winner in injury-time
when Dirk Kuyt's diving header hit a post.
If under-fire Benitez believes the whole world is against him,
he had plenty of evidence to support that theory here.
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