The most damning indictment of Liverpool’s bore draw with Chelsea came from the BBC’s rolling feed which said it “looked like a game between ninth and tenth in the division”.
Having started the campaign with genuine title aspirations, it summed up the decline of both sides, with the Reds’ starker given they only narrowly missed out on the league last season.
Takeover talk behind the scenes hasn’t helped Liverpool’s cause, while a number of players have fallen below their previous high standards.
