Chelsea were the better of the two teams in Saturday’s Anfield showdown but had to settle for a goalless draw against arch-rivals Liverpool.
MATCH PROCEEDINGS
The celebrations were cut short when Chelsea found the net inside the opening three minutes through Kai Havertz who was deemed offside in the build-up by a VAR check.
Conor Gallagher tested Liverpool goalie Alisson from a fair distance out with the latter making a routine stop to deny the Chelsea midfielder’s volleyed effort.
Ziyech fashioned two more chances before the break which had both teams heading into the interval with the scoreline still at nil-nil.
Liverpool got the second period underway on strong footing but were unable to break the deadlock as Chelsea centre-back Thiago Silva produced an important block for denying Naby Keita’s volley from finding the bottom corner.
Chelsea’s new signing Mudryk came off the bench and almost instantly got his side the opener with the winger going past two Liverpool players before hitting the side netting with a ferocious drive.
Kepa was called into action to keep out an effort from Liverpool’s new boy Cody Gakpo while another Chelsea substitute Chukwuemeka had the game’s final chance coming his way which was stopped in its tracks.
