PARIS: Liverpool and Tottenham Hot spur both drew in the second round of games in the Europa League on Thursday night, while Borussia Dortmund also had to settle for a point.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers suffered another blow in his fight to save his job as Swiss side FC Sion earned a 1-1 draw at Anfield in Group B.
Rodgers has been heavily criticized by fans and pundits after Liverpool’s disappointing start to the season and he had to endure more boos from the Anfield faithful after another lackluster display that left them with two draws from their first two Group B matches.
Adam Lallana put Liverpool ahead in the fourth minute when he converted from a Divock Origi cutback .
But Sion equalized in the 18th minute when Ebenezer Assifuah chested down and fired past Simon Mignolet.
“I thought the result was disappointing considering the number of chances we created” Rodgers told BT Sport. “We started well but we gave away a disappointing gola, and they got in and finished what was probably their only chance.”
Tottenham came within nine minutes of beating last season’s Champions League quarter-finalists Monaco on a rainy night in the principality before Stephan EI Shaarawy scored tosecure a 1-1 draw for the hosts.