It's now 465 minutes since there was a goal in a Liverpool fixture with Chelsea and another goalless affair here at Stamford Bridge was quite fitting for two teams who are now little more than midtable fodder.
Perceptions can be deceiving at times in football but this 0-0 draw was exactly what it looked like: Eighth and 11th scrapping it out to no avail.
These two giants of the Premier League instead looked like punch-drunk heavyweights stumbling around in desperate search of a knockout blow that never came close to landing.
