Forward Kai Havertz saw an early goal ruled out by VAR as Chelsea and Liverpool played out a goalless draw at Anfield on Saturday.
Havertz thought he had put his side in front, tapping in a rebound after Thiago Silva‘s shot hit the post, but was deemed to have been offside when Silva took his shot by a VAR review.
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New signing Mykhailo Mudryk came on in the second half for Chelsea and impressed on his debut, with the winger playing with pace and creating multiple chances for his side.
“You know this is going to be a tough place to come. Overall, we controlled a lot of it … We could have taken our chances,” Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount said after the match.
“It has been tough lately, we want to win games. I feel like it is getting better and we are working hard today. We’ll definitely take this today. The final passes weren’t there, if it was maybe we score a few first half, but as I said, this is a tough place to come. They press you and force mistakes, like the second half and I think we came through that.”
Liverpool found some opportunities through winger Cody Gakpo and forward Darwin Nunez, but neither side were able to find the back of the net.
“It was tough. It was two teams that aren’t playing their best at the moment … We had really good spells in the game as well. There’s things to work on but a clean sheet is a step in the right direction,” Liverpool defender James Milner said.
“When you’re in a tough period and a tough moment in the team, I think it’s important that you stick together and fight for those clean sheets and that’s where it starts.
“It’s not the best football matches that we are playing but it’s small steps to get where we know we can be … This is a small step in the right direction but we have got a long way to go to where we want to be.”
The draw leaves Liverpool in eighth place while Chelsea sit in 10th in the table.