A well-taken 67th minute equaliser from Luis Suarez to salvage a point after Newcastle took a first-half lead through Yohan Cabaye's stunning strike at the Kop.
Gerrard who was plaing his 600th game for the Reds, was presented with a statue of Liverpool's city emblem, the liver bird, by former skipper Gary McAllister before the match.
Hatem Ben Arfa created Newcastle's opener with a superb run down the right before crossing for Cabaye who lashed the ball into the far corner of the net after 43 minutes.
Suarez levelled with an excellent goal when he controlled a long ball from Jose Enrique and rounded keeper Tim Krul to score.
Newcastle were reduced to 10 men when captain Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for a careless lunge at Suarez in the closing stages.
The result left Newcastle in 10th spot, two places above Liverpool who have now gone five league matches without defeat - although they have only won one home match all season - and Rodgers told the media: "Our possession was good and it was fast, but we just could not finish it off.
"That was our fifth draw in 10 (league) games but I am sure we will soon turn that into wins because with that type of football we will always create chances."
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew was upset that Coloccini was sent off but did not criticise referee Anthony Taylor, saying match officials had enough problems to deal with at the moment.
"He said he thought it was serious foul play. The morale of referees must be really low because of constant criticism and the issues around them are unfair. We accept his decision and I thought he had a good performance."
Hatem Ben Arfa created Newcastle's opener with a superb run down the right before crossing for Cabaye who lashed the ball into the far corner of the net after 43 minutes.
Suarez levelled with an excellent goal when he controlled a long ball from Jose Enrique and rounded keeper Tim Krul to score.
Newcastle were reduced to 10 men when captain Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for a careless lunge at Suarez in the closing stages.
The result left Newcastle in 10th spot, two places above Liverpool who have now gone five league matches without defeat - although they have only won one home match all season - and Rodgers told the media: "Our possession was good and it was fast, but we just could not finish it off.
"That was our fifth draw in 10 (league) games but I am sure we will soon turn that into wins because with that type of football we will always create chances."
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew was upset that Coloccini was sent off but did not criticise referee Anthony Taylor, saying match officials had enough problems to deal with at the moment.
"He said he thought it was serious foul play. The morale of referees must be really low because of constant criticism and the issues around them are unfair. We accept his decision and I thought he had a good performance."
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