In the end, this goalless affair was entirely fitting for what was nothing more than a mid-table skirmish of little consequence to the Premier League's frontrunners this season.
A dour 0-0 was exactly how it sounds; two ordinary teams bereft of confidence, struggling for form and battered by injuries. In hindsight, it was no surprise they failed to lay a glove on one another.
That Liverpool were able to 'celebrate' moving up the table to the dizzy heights of eighth as Chelsea remained rooted in 10th summed up the depths to which both clubs have plummeted during this difficult campaign.
