Liverpool's slim title hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Manchester City on Sunday, dpa reported.
An own goal by Alvaro Arbeloa six minutes into the second half put City ahead and though Kuyt equalized 12 minutes from time, it was not enough and second-placed Liverpool are now seven points behind champions Manchester United at the top.
The result means Liverpool have drawn six of their 13 home games in the league.
Fulham beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the early match to move up to 11th place, seven points clear of the relegation zone. Newcastle were playing Everton in the day's late match.
Liverpool's hopes of winning their first title since 1990 appear to be all but over after they failed to get the better of City.
With Steven Gerrard out injured and Xabi Alonso missing through suspension, the home side were shorn of invention in midfield and City had few difficult moments in defence.
Stephen Ireland wasted a good chance for City but the visitors were ahead six minutes into the second half when former Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy's shot took a heavy deflection off Arbeloa and went past Jose Reina.
Kuyt equalized with 12 minutes to go after a mishit shot by Fernando Torres, and the Dutchman then forced a good save from Shay Given.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez belatedly brought on Ryan Babel with eight minutes to go and the Dutchman caused problems, while Arbeloa and Yossi Benayoun both went close to snatching the winner.
In the end, though, they could not find the winner and their title hopes now appear doomed.
Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson scored second -half goals as Fulham beat bottom side West Brom 2-0.
The win lifted Fulham well clear of the bottom three, with man-of-the-match Danny Murphy delighted with the points.
"After a bit of a run around at Old Trafford the other night (a 3- 0 loss) it was nice to get three points on the board," Murphy said.
"It gives us now a nine, 10-point cushion from the bottom three and we can look upwards rather than downwards."
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