A late Mido penalty secured a 1-1 draw for Wigan at the JJB Stadium as Liverpool's title quest continued to stutter on Wednesday.
The Wigan striker marked his Latics debut with a crucial equaliser in the 83rd minute following Lucas Leiva's senseless challenge on substitute Jason Koumas.
Yossi Benayoun gave Liverpool the lead after he squeezed in his second goal of the season, following Javier Mascherano's clever through-ball on 41 minutes.
The Reds were in cruise control going into the break, but an inability to convert possession into goals returned to haunt the Merseysiders as they surrendered their lead and now lie two points off Manchester United having played a game more.
With Chelsea beating Middlesbrough, Rafa Benitez's side slip to third in the table and are now only one point ahead of fourth-placed Aston Villa.
The tone was set in the second minute when Steven Gerrard curled in a left-wing free-kick to the near post. But Lucas managed to get in the way of Fernando Torres, and the ball bounced to safety.
The same combination almost brought a goal in the 13th minute, Gerrard crossing from the left with Torres' glancing header beating Mike Pollitt but rebounding back off the far post - across the goal to safety.
As was the case on Sunday, Liverpool were enjoying huge amounts of possession - but it was in areas which were not really threatening to the hosts.
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