It was hard to admire anything about Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Leeds, with the media questioning the under-fire Arne Slot.The Premier League champions played like anything but that on New Year’s Day, rarely looking like beating their recently-promoted opponents.Here’s the best of the media reaction to Liverpool 0-0 Leeds.Liverpool 0-0 Leeds: Media Reaction“Slim chance” over: Gregg Evans declared Liverpool’s title hopes finished, failing to convince fans the team has “turned the corner.”Slot under fire: Lewis Steele labelled the performance “so, so, so poor,” questioning Arne Slot‘s tactics after two draws with Leeds.Forward wanted: Despite an eight-game unbeaten run, Jason Burt argued that Liverpool “absolutely” need a new attacker this January.Liverpool struggle to create: “That was a tough watch”On X, Lewis Steele of the Mail offered a damning verdict:“LFC would have gone on to lose that a month ago but absolutely nothing good to note from that.“Leeds deserve credit but to take just two points from two games against them is so, so, so poor for Arne Slot.“Too flat, never once fancied them to score.”Also writing on X, James Pearce of The Athletic was another who didn’t hold back:“Liverpool kick off 2026 with a dour stalemate at Anfield. That was a tough watch.“Signs of promise in the first half but the second-half performance was so poor. Littered with errors. Created next to nothing.”David Lynch felt Liverpool’s negative approach didn’t pay off:“Liverpool have given up a lot of attacking thrust to solidify themselves in recent weeks and so you felt they were always running the risk of one of these games happening.“A three-point cushion in fourth place is a positive but this was a disappointing result.”Liverpool urged to sign another forwardThe Telegraph‘s Jason Burt says the need for another attacker is obvious for Liverpool:“It is eight matches unbeaten for Liverpool but they will come away from this one frustrated.“With the transfer window now open there has been so much talk of their need for another centre-half. But they absolutely also need another forward.[…]“This toothless display came against a Leeds side who made changes – their own in-form striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin started on the bench – with a home game against Man United on Sunday in mind.”Meanwhile, BBC Sport contrasted the style of play to Liverpool’s under Jurgen Klopp:“At times, it felt like Liverpool were waiting for something to happen rather than trying to make things happen.“Bar the Ekitike chance, they hardly created anything of note and it was a tepid start to the new year for those at Anfield.“This is a crowd that has got so used to seeing entertaining football over the past decade but the fact there were some boos at full-time summed it up.”“Slim chance” of title race overAndy Hunter of the Guardian feels this result had been coming:“Two unbeaten records continued at Anfield but only one team could take satisfaction from that.“Leeds succeeded in stifling and frustrating Liverpool as the first goalless draw of Arne Slot‘s reign underlined the limitations that linger behind the Premier League champions’ recent recovery.”Finally, The Athletic‘s Gregg Evans ruled Liverpool out of the title race, if it wasn’t the case already:“This was surely a result that put an end to any slim chance Liverpool had of squeezing back into the title race.[…]“While the 0-0 draw did have one benefit — it extended Liverpool’s unbeaten run to eight games in all competitions — it didn’t do much for their league position, or to convince those in the stands that they’ve truly turned the corner.”