Danny Ings the sole home comfort for Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool 1 Norwich 1: If Brendan Rodgers was pinning hopes of an improvement in Liverpool’s fortunes upon the shoulders of the forward partnership between Christian Benteke and Daniel Sturridge, then the good news from this draw is that Danny Ings has provided the increasingly beleaguered Anfield manager with food for thought.

The former Burnley forward scored his first Liverpool goal with practically his first touch of the game after appearing as a half-time substitute for Benteke but, and here follows the bad news, such are the depths of problems currently facing Rodgers that it was not long before Russell Martin and Norwich were gifted an equaliser.

The draw left Liverpool, who welcomed back Sturridge for an hour after nearly six months on the sideline for hip surgery, with just four goals from their six league games this term and with the paltry record of having failed to score more than one goal in 18 of their last 20 matches.