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National media react to 'sleep-walking' Liverpool's draw v Tottenham - 'No wonder the locals jeered'

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A look at how the national media reacted to Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoonLiverpool might have moved into the Champions League places they are coveting this season but a 1-1 draw with a beleaguered Tottenham Hotspur did little to calm the noise around their head coach on Sunday.The ECHO, as always, was at Anfield to provide our exhaustive match-day coverage. In fact, Liverpool had only been ahead through a goalkeeping error."This season, Liverpool have now conceded eight Premier League goals in the 90th minute or later and they have dropped seven points from winning positions at Anfield.



The Premier League champions conceded another late goal, with Richarlison levelling for Tottenham in the 90th minute, which means Arne Slot’s team missed a chance to climb into the top four and the automatic Champions League places."With jeers at the final whistle after the 1-1 draw, there were questions raised about whether Arne Slot is the right man to lead the club forward beyond this season. 'Could a new manager revitalise these players and bring the intensity back to this team? It goes back to the summer signings,' said Telegraph Sport columnist Jamie Carragher, on Sky Sports."Late goals have been an issue for Liverpool this season, with 21 conceded after the 75th minute.

Liverpool dropped two points in the 90th minute, a third costly late equaliser to add to the five injury-time winners that have gone into their net. No-one inside Anfield was surprised at yet another late sting in the tail, or the calamitous defending that preceded it, with Arne Slot’s side sleep-walking to another terrible result in their pursuit of Champions League football."And the ECHO's verdict reads: "Richarlison's 90th-minute equaliser means Liverpool conceded another deeply damaging late goal and their inability to manage games in the closing stages is maybe the biggest problem of the myriad of issues Slot and his players have been made to work through on the pitch."Add Spurs to the list that includes Wolves, Manchester City, Fulham, Leeds, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Crystal Palace for goals shipped after 90 minutes.