If Liverpool are to be the team to take the title away from Chelsea, this performance in the opening lunch hour of the new season represents two points lost.
Sunday Times
New boys revive Liverpool doubts
Maybe Jose Mourinho is right. Maybe Liverpool simply do not have the wherewithal to hurdle challenges like this enough times during the season to be considered serious title challengers.
Sunday Telegraph
Warnock cool after penalty costs Blades
Neil Warnock has rarely rubbed along with officialdom in the lower leagues and, after yesterday, things are unlikely to improve in the Premiership.
The Independent on Sunday
Battling Blades return spoilt by fall guy Gerrard
This should have been first blood to the Blades. Back in the Premiership after a 12-year absence, Sheffield United were deservedly leading Liverpool and looking capable of hanging on to their advantage, until a generously awarded 68th-minute penalty allowed the visitors to escape with a face-saving point.
The Observer