Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was in attendance at Anfield to witness a stalemate between Liverpool and Chelsea in Saturday’s early kick-off.
It was a significant fixture for both sides, with Graham Potter yet to find his feet in the Chelsea job and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool bruised by consecutive away defeats to Brentford and Brighton.
Saturday’s match, which marked the half-way point in the season for the Reds, represented the perfect opportunity to claim a statement victory and put to bed the rumbling suggestions of stagnation, but with both sides fearful of a damaging defeat, they settled to share the points in a 0-0 draw.