The home side had already threatened through Raul Meireles's miscued sixth-minute shot before going ahead in the 10th.
Raul Meireles headed horribly high and Martin Skrtel had a late chance saved as the Reds tamely bowed out.
The home side led at the break thanks to Raul Meireles' volley - his fourth goal in his last five matches.
Players who went during that time included Christian Poulsen and Raul Meireles.
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Raul Meireles pinged a corner to the back post which the tall forward nodded back into the six-yard area for Dirk Kuyt.
The Reds were more dangerous when Raul Meireles came on to make his debut late on but were fortunate to get a point.
Meireles slipped a ball across to Ngog, whose attempt to turn in a shot from close range was blocked by keeper De Sanctis.
Meireles was employed on the right of midfield as opposed to his more preferred central position and it was apparent he looked uncertain.
Keeper Pepe Reina kept out an angled shot from Dries Mertens before Raul Meireles headed a Michael Silberbauer effort off the Liverpool goal-line.
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The two players again combined and this time it was Meireles who could not find the finishing touch as he sent an eight-yard shot wide.
Utrecht skipper Silberbauer thought he had scored when he side-footed a corner at the Reds goal only for Meireles to head clear off the goal-line.
Lampard remained an unused substitute but Chelsea's win more than justified Villas-Boas's decision to hand midfield responsibility to Ramires, Raul Meireles and impressive youngster Oriol Romeu.
But Dalglish believes the fans' patience will be rewarded when Reds boss is able to pick Steven Gerrarrd, Suarez, Meireles and Carroll in the same team.
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Raul Meireles was the victim of the home side's hustling on this occasion giving the ball away to the impressive David Vaughan who slipped in Taylor-Fletcher.
The Dutchman should have added another minutes later when Meireles's cross found him unmarked six yards out, but he failed to connect properly with his header and put it wide.
Portugal suffered a further blow when Moutinho hobbled off with a knee injury to be replaced by Raul Meireles, but they showed more promise just before halftime.
They did not have to win at Anfield but, after Meireles headed frustratingly over from a Dirk Kuyt cross, the visitors almost took the lead in fortuitous circumstances.
Raul Meireles, industrious in midfield, had a shot deflected wide, while Ronaldo, who has not found the net for Portugal since February 2009, missed the target with a free-kick.
And the door was firmly closed on Turkey in stoppage time when Ronaldo burst clear on the left, his pass finding Joao Moutinho who set up Meireles to score.
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The midfielder cajoled his stuttering side into a greater urgency and, after David Ngog and Raul Meireles missed two gilt-edged chances, it was left to the Reds captain to grab an equaliser.
Porto made two substitutions at the start of the second half - Raul Meireles and Lisandro Lopez coming on - but within three minutes of the restart the visitors found themselves two goals behind.
Dalglish's men failed to capitalise on a first-half lead given to them by Raul Meireles, who played in Portugal's friendly defeat in Argentina on Wednesday and had to be substituted just after half-time because of illness.
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Oriol Romeu, playing in his familiar holding role, laid the defensive platform with Lampard and Raul Meireles deployed further forward and the hosts struggled to get a foothold in the game in the first 25 minutes.
The home side were growing as a force soon after they went ahead when Fabio Aurelio's cross from the left was deflected to Meireles by the attempted headed clearance of Gohouri, and the Portuguese midfielder lashed a volley past Al-Habsi.
In addition, with Mr. Gerrard struggling in his quarterback-playmaker role, Mr. Hodgson filled his old position, behind the striker, with the newly-acquired Raul Meireles, who himself is more of a traditional box-to-box midfielder and unused to playing so far up.
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Hodgson included several youngsters in a side which earned a hard-fought point at Napoli, with the Reds boss having left Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Raul Meireles and Lucas Leiva back home ahead of the Premier League game against Blackburn at Anfield on Sunday.
At the other end, a backtracking Jerome put another header wide and, while Liverpool looked more threatening when debutant Meireles came on and Gerrard was pushed back into central midfield, they showed manager Roy Hodgson has plenty of work to do to improve their fortunes.
In the first half the Seasiders cut out final balls to Meireles, one of Liverpool's best players, on two occasions and after the break the brilliant Craig Cathcart got enough on his headed clearance to prevent Torres from planting into the net at the far post.
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