While Liverpool played a weak and goalless game in London, Brighton and Aston Villa did the job away from home. Brighton beat Bournemouth 2-0 on the south coast, while Villa won 2-1 in Leicester. As a result, Liverpool is now in eighth place, three points behind Brighton in sixth place, and Brighton has also played one game less than the Reds.
Aston Villa took the opportunity to overtake Liverpool in the table and move up to seventh place. They are one point ahead of Liverpool, but have also played one game more. Liverpool, on the other hand, passed Brentford in the table, on a better goal difference.
– It was a tough match. Neither team is at their highest level when it comes to confidence. We wanted to show a reaction and we wanted to fight. We probably lacked a bit of quality. The reaction was positive. We just lacked a bit of quality in the final third, a bluntly honest Jordan Henderson told Sky after the goalless performance in London.
– We gave everything. We take the point and look forward, added the Liverpool captain.
The fourth goalless game in a row against Chelsea
For only the third time ever, a match between two English top flight teams has ended 0-0 four times in a row. Everton v Liverpool in 1974-75 and Arsenal v QPR in 1992-1994 are the two previous ones.
– We kept a clean sheet away against Chelsea, and that is never easy. We have to take the positives with us and work on our attacking game, concluded Henderson.
– We have been uneven this season, and that has not helped us. This weekend’s result was no help. We must stand together. There have been flashes of brilliance this season, but it’s just not enough. The energy has somehow not been there all season, and there are many different reasons for that. But we will fight to the very end, assured the captain.
