How Liverpool and Chelsea struggle to goalless draw

Liverpool and Chelsea lay dia respective Premier League struggles bare for all to see for one bitterly disappointing stalemate for Anfield.

Di two giants, wey bin dey in constant pursuit of major prizes for recent seasons, dey currently locked well outside di top four - and how e bin show for dismal game almost devoid of entertainment and quality.

Chelsea bin get an early Kai Havertz strike wey VAR rule out for offside and also get a lively debut as a second-half substitute for £89m new boy Mykhailo Mudryk, while Liverpool keeper Alisson save well from another new Chelsea signing, defender Benoit Badiashile.

Liverpool own £45m recruit Cody Gakpo dey quiet - e try force one save from Kepa, but otherwise na little action dey to warm a capacity crowd at a freezing Anfield.

Di quality of dis game dey reflected for di subdued atmosphere for Anfield, with di final whistle greeted with near silence apart from some very mild applause.

Liverpool don make their reputation and base dia success under manager Jurgen Klopp not simply on world-class talent but on searing intensity wey don seet teams simply blown away.

Chelsea new manager Graham Potter bin get a tough start to life at Stamford Bridge, with poor results coming as di club continue to embark on one ogbonge transfer spree.

And dis na why Potter and Chelsea go take dis point, even though dem go know say dem bin get chances to make am three against a Liverpool defence wey continue to look vulnerable, especially without Virgil van Dijk.

Second-half

90+5mins: FULL-TIME

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

E don end goalless, dem blow di final whistle with near silence from di audience.

90+3mins: Big chance!

Mykhailo Mudryk set Carney Chukwuemeka away into di Liverpool box but e too tey on di ball wen e suppose dey shoot and invites di challenge wey stop am.

90+2 mins: Ditwo of di added five minutes don end.

84mins: Mudryk dey fast, right?!

E bin get 20 yards to make up on Ibrahima Konate in pursuit of a long ball forward and almost close di gap in seconds.

83mins:  GOOD CHANCE!

Ogbonge work from Nunez as e get away down di left and lift a cross into di far post.

Silva flick am away and Alexander-Arnold get space on di right of di box. E put im laces through am, but e sail just over di bar.

80mins: SUBSTITUTION

Three new players for either side.

Di Reds send on Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and Curtis Jones.

Di new Blues na Cesar Azpilicueta, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Carney Chukwuemeka.

Dem book Trevor Chalobah for taking too long to leave di field.

76mins: E be like say Chelsea dey do better now.

Hakim Ziyech shot from di edge of di box chop blocking.

72mins: SUBSTITUTION

Liverpool respond to Mudryk growing threat.

Dem bring in Trent Alexander-Arnold for James Milner to offer more pace and to try and push di Chelsea forward back.

67mins: Yellow Card

Mykhailo Mudryk now dey show say e get some serious wheels on am, beating James Milner to one ball on di left before di Liverpool player hack am to di ground.

True-true, e deserve yellow for Milner.

65mins: CLOSE

Sidenetting!

Mykhailo Mudryk dey so close to showing exactly why Chelsea bin pay all dat money for am, showing some very tidy feet to skip through two Liverpool challenges for di box. But di angle dey too tight and e fire wide of di post.

62mins: VAR

Liverpool dey screame for handball.

Di video assistant don tok. No penalty

60mins: Omo, na ogbonge dat for be o! Hakim Ziyech get ball from wide left by superb pass from Mason Mount.

Di forward cuts inside and run and run and run. E beat one man, two, three but with just a finish needed, e fire over di bar.

58mins: Chelsea first opening of di second half na better one.

Liverpool only fit semi-clear one cross from di right and Conor Gallagher nip in to claim di ball. E no fit get a shot away, though, as Ibrahima Konate stand tall to see off di immediate threat.

49mins: BLOCK!

Liverpool make one really bright start to di second half and Salah gets away down di right. E clip am into di middle for Gakpo wey flick am on. Badiashile half-clears am to Thiago, wey low shot dy blocked by Silva.

46mins: Konate dey try loop one long ball into di box for Gakpo, but e no dey anywhere near am.

46mins: Liverpool get us back underway for di second half!

KICK-OFF

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

Make una forget dat first half. We don start again. Clean slate. Dis na di real quiz

First-half

HALF-TIME

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

'Boring, unattractive half, lacking any kind of fluency from either side, don end.

So far, di game na between two visibly out-of-form sides wey dey scared to lose.

39mins: Liverpool dey keep di pressure up.

38mins: Lewis Hall head Milner delivery away.

38mins: Liverpool don gbab one corner.

36mins: Liverpool look to launch one quick counter down dia left, working am through Robertson and Thiago before e reach Elliott. E get Chalobah tight to im though and no fit spin away from am.

35mins: YELLOW CARD

More sloppy play from Liverpool.

Dem give di ball away in dia own half and Stefan Bajcetic chop yellow card for sliding foul on Lewis Hall.

32mins: Save!

Wawu! di free-kick dey whipped into di box by Hakim Ziyech, right in behind di defenders and in front of Alisson.

Benoit Badiashile na im first reach dia, looking for im first Chelsea goal, but Alisson palm im header away.

31mins: Darwin Nunez siddon ontop bench, fold im arms, hood up, and dey chew furiously on some gum. E dey boil , waiting for im chance to enta dis game.

The Reds forwards haven't offered much without him so far.

29mins: Cucurella don get im knee strapped up and e dey good to go again.

28mins: Marc Cucurella don injurw.

E be like say e bin just dey caught by Mo Salah as e bin dey try flick pass.

Dis go bring a brief break in play.

24mins: Everythiung dey a bitcramble for di middle of di pitch. Chelsea try to bully their way in but Liverpool hold am out.

Conor Gallagher den fire one effort from range wey go straight at Alisson.

E no dey very pretty, but di Blues dey on top at di moment

22mins:  CHANCE! Mount slip wen Havertz first square am to am, but Chelsea quickly win am back. Dis time, di Englishman dey bring di ball under control before e come lay am off to Hall, but im low shot rolls across di face of goal.

18mins: Gakpo kick am forward for Salah, who dey forced wide but do beta to keep am for play. E tee up Milne looping cross, but Gallagher get in front of Thiago to clear di danger.

14mins:  Silva overhit one attempted throughball into Havertz, and Liverpool come away wit am. Chelsea quickly drop back into dia shape though, and di hosts dey struggling to find a way through for di moment.

5mins: DISALLOWED GOAL

E no go stand!

Kai Havertz don wander offside so dat when Thiago shot come back to im im effort no fit stand.

3min: GOAL Kai Havertz net one for di Blues. What a start for Chelsea!Or no be so?

VAR dey check am...

KICK-OFF

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

Na one game with plenty of history, a lot of needle and one very famous slip.

Neither side fit afford to trip up today.

Na ninth against tenth, red and against blue, e dey crucial, ande don start...