It wasn't just the respective forward lines who failed to turn up for the tortuous goalless draw between Liverpool and Chelsea last Saturday.
Behind the Kop roughly an hour before kick-off, there were as usual thousands of home supporters milling around as they prepared to enter Anfield for what transpired to be 90-odd minutes of bitterly cold nothingness.
None, though, appeared to be protesting against Fenway Sports Group. At least not as a collective.