Chelsea overcame yet another early deficit to emerge with a 1–1 draw from Saturday’s trip to Liverpool but may come to rue the failure to collect all three points.

“We need to improve,” Blues interim boss Calum McFarlane publicly declared after Chelsea extended their losing streak to six consecutive Premier League matches against Nottingham Forest earlier this week. Ryan Gravenberch’s early goal threatened to deepen that rut but the visitors forced their way back into a battle between two flawed opponents.

The nature of Chelsea’s equalizer was fortunate, Enzo Fernández’s cross from a free kick snuck inside the bottom corner, but it was deserved based upon the swing in first-half momentum.…