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title: "Four Findings: Spartak Moscow 1-1 Liverpool"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Fred Haas"
section: "Liverpool Match Reports"
published: "2017-09-27T09:07:29Z"
modified: "2017-09-27T09:07:29Z"
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# Four Findings: Spartak Moscow 1-1 Liverpool

Mission Moscow ended an evening of mistakes and missed opportunities.

Liverpool visited Spartak Moscow for the second match of Champions League group play and drew with he hosts 1-1.

After a scrappy victory over Leicester at the weekend, the Reds seemed to wade back into their wobble. It was more of the same from the Merseysiders; wasted chances and errors punished.

Yet, an away draw in Europe is not calamitous nor cause for panic. Sevilla’s three goal thrashing of Maribor means that pressure will pick up for the Reds but four fixtures remain.

Lately, Liverpool like to make things harder on themselves. Easy victories are anathema to this side at the minute. While the Reds may rue their continued lack of ruthlessness, they do continue to create chances at an astonishing rate.

Over 120 shots in the last six games has yielded six goals and one win. Yet sooner or later the syncopated sputtering has to transform to red-hot rhythm.

Goals change games and falling behind, against the run of play, has become all too common of late. In European fixtures, it can elevate weaker opposition. For a home side that already was determined to play with 10 meant behind the ball from the start, an unlikely lead allowed them to play with cynical commitment.

Despite an equalizer Spartak was determined to draw and squeeze any life out of the match at every opportunity.

Here are four findings from the match.