( CNN ) -- Luis Suarez may have been the villain of Liverpool 's 2011-12 season , but the Uruguay striker is doing his best to make amends in another difficult start to this English Premier League campaign . The fallout from Suarez 's eight-match suspension for racially abusing Manchester United 's Patrice Evra ultimately led to Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish losing his job as manager in May . His successor Brendan Rogers is under increasing pressure after the club 's worst start to a season in more than a century , but Suarez 's inspirational performance in Sunday 's 1-1 draw with 10-man Newcastle helped prevent a fourth defeat in 10 EPL games . His second-half equalizer -- a superb display of control for his 10th goal this season after chesting down a long pass and rounding the keeper -- lifted the 18-time English champions up to 12th in the table . The confrontational Suarez is never far from the headlines , having been accused by several opposition managers of diving and going to ground too easily . Such was his combative presence on Sunday that he lured visiting defender Fabricio Coloccini -- a fellow South American from neighboring Argentina -- into a rash challenge that earned a red card . While Liverpool could n't capitalize on that advantage , Rodgers was grateful for another virtuoso show from Suarez -- who also scored in last weekend 's Merseyside derby draw with Everton , when he had a late winner wrongly ruled out for offside . `` I thought he was unplayable . Coloccini getting sent off was frustration , '' said Rodgers , whose team trailed to Yohan Cabaye 's strike just before halftime . `` I do n't think he could get near him today , and he 's a good defender , Coloccini . `` Suarez is so bright , so clever , he 's a world-class striker . On that form today he really frustrates and provokes defenders . He has a hunger for the game , he has a hunger for goals . '' It was , however , Liverpool 's fifth draw this season and followed a humiliating 3-1 midweek League Cup defeat at home to Rodgers ' former club Swansea -- when Suarez also scored . `` Once we can turn those draws into wins by converting the chances ... but that 's about players , the type of players you need . If we can get that over the next couple of ( transfer ) windows it bodes really well for us , '' said Rodgers , who was criticized for his lack of top signings in August while allowing England striker Andy Carroll to leave for West Ham . The result left Newcastle in 10th place , and came at a cost of injuries to midfielder Cabaye , defender James Perch and top scorer Demba Ba . Meanwhile , Queens Park Rangers moved off the bottom after a 1-1 draw at home to Reading in Sunday 's other EPL game . French striker Djibril Cisse scored a second-half equalizer that will lift some of the pressure on his manager Mark Hughes , though both teams remained in the bottom three . In Italy 's Serie A , Napoli failed to capitalize on Juventus ' first defeat in 50 matches , being held 1-1 at home by Torino on Sunday despite a sixth-minute goal from Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani . Substitute Gianluca Sansone leveled in time added on to leave Napoli -- beaten by Atalanta in midweek -- in third place , five points behind leaders Juve . Fiorentina moved up to fourth after a 4-1 win at home to Cagliari , while Lazio went in the other direction after a 4-0 defeat by seventh-placed Catania . In Germany , Bayer Leverkusen moved up to fourth place after beating Fortuna Dusseldorf 3-2 despite having midfielder Simon Rolfes sent off just over a minute after he came on . Leverkusen went 3-1 ahead straight after the substitute 's 65th-minute dismissal and held on against a team that is battling to avoid an immediate return to the second division . Werder Bremen beat Mainz 2-1 in Sunday 's other Bundesliga fixture , with two goals from Aaron Hunt lifting his team to seventh place and above the visitors on goal difference . In Spain 's La Liga , Levante moved up to fifth after a 0-0 draw with seventh-placed Sevilla on Sunday . Real Betis can reclaim that position with a draw at Getafe on Monday . Valladolid claimed eighth spot with a 1-0 win at bottom club Osasuna while Espanyol won 1-0 in a clash with fellow strugglers Real Sociedad . Deportivo la Coruna joined Sociedad and Celta Vigo on 10 points from 10 games after beating Mallorca 1-0 , while Athletic Bilbao moved above that group to 14th with a 2-1 win at Grenada thanks to two goals from Aritz Aduriz .
Luis Suarez 's 10th goal this season earns Liverpool a 1 - 1 draw with Chelsea . He cancels out Yohan Cabaye 's goal ; also involved as Fabricio Coloccini turns red . Napoli 's Italian title hopes suffer defeat after conceding late goals against Torino . Bayer Leverkusen move up to fourth place in Germany despite having a player sent off .