Aine O'Gorman rescued a point for the Belles with an equaliser nine minutes from time in a pulsating game at Skelmersdale.
Liverpool were desperate to end their seven game goal drought, and it was the Belles goal that was under the most threat in the early stages.
Katie Brusell, Chloe Jones and Nikki Harding all came close within the opening minutes, but none were able to significantly trouble visiting keeper Mary Earps.
The Belles first chance came after ten minutes, and they were within inches of taking the lead when Vicky Exley just failed to connect with Kylla Sjoman's inswinging free kick at the back post.
Kelly Jones was then next to test Earps, before her twin sister saved the Reds at the other end.
Sjoman's corner found the head of Exley and the former England midfielder's effort beat Danielle Gibbons before Vicky Jones cleared the ball from under her own crossbar.
Just after the half hour, Liverpool threatened again after great link-up play between Harding and Ruesha Littlejohn down the right flank. A one-two found Littlejohn in space on the edge of the area, but her shot curled agonisingly wide of the far post.
The dangerous Exley then spotted the Liverpool goalkeeper Danielle Gibbons off her line and attempted a 35-yard chip only to see her audacious effort land on the roof of the net.
Both keepers were then tested in the closing minutes of the half - Gibbons gathered Kasia Lipka's shot before a sprawling Earps got a hand to Harding's effort to ensure the half ended goalless.
Two minutes into the second half, the home side broke the deadlock. Sam Chappell's cross from the right was touched on by Harding, and when Earps could only parry, Harding was on hand to turn home the rebound.
The same player could have doubled the lead soon after. Brusell made progress down the left before cutting the ball back to Kelly Jones, who sliced her shot into Harding's path. However, the midfielder couldn't keep her first time shot down and the ball flew over the bar.
Kelly Jones dispossessed Doncaster's Maria Karlsson on the halfway line before charging forward and feeding Scottish striker Littlejohn who curled her shot wide.
Liverpool substitute Cheryl Foster found fellow sub Michelle Evans with a pinpoint pass, and although the midfielder managed to lift her shot over the onrushing Earps, she couldn't hit the target and the ball dribbled wide.
The introduction of Belles substitutes Jess Sigsworth and Julia Ralph Scott seemed to lift the visitors and give them more of an attacking threat.
And they were rewarded on 81 minutes, when Aine O'Gorman drilled home an angled drive to level the scores.
In an end-to-end final ten minutes, both sides could have clinched the points with Gibbons saving from Ralph Scott and Brusell going close at the other end.
However, the best chance fell to Exley. The midfielder was put clean through by Hamilton's pass, but could only scuff her shot, enabling Gibbons to block.
The Belles continued to push for a winner, throwing people forward and Sigsworth was denied a last minute winner by a Gibbons save.
Leaving both sides having to be content with a point a piece.
Saturday 19 May 2012 18:00
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