Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool: Wasteful Blues held at home as Bruno Saltor’s first game in charge ends in frustration

They may have replaced Graham Potter, but Chelsea’s problems in front of goal persisted as they had two goals disallowed and were held to a 0-0 draw by Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. In their first game under the interim management of Bruno Saltor, the Blues had the bulk of the chances in West London, but were persistently let down by some poor finishing.

Ad Perhaps it should have come as no surprise that the game ended goalless, given the previous three meetings between these two sides have also finished 0-0. Premier League‘The perfect time’ – Is now the moment for Luis Enrique to make Premier League move?9 HOURS AGO Even so, Chelsea had more than enough chances to take the three points, with Mateo Kovacic seeing one such opening cleared off the line by Ibrahima Konate early on, while Reece James’ thumping drive was ruled out for offside.

At the other end, Joe Gomez and Fabinho both came close in the dying moments of the opening period, only to be denied by Kepa and Wesley Fofana respectively, before Kovacic should have put Chelsea ahead immediately after the restart, only to blaze haplessly over from inside the area. The home crowd were then frustrated by seeing another goal ruled out, this time for handball against Kai Havertz, who should have scored with his initial effort that bounced back off Alisson but was bundled in off his arm.

And that proved to be the final real opening at either end as Liverpool put in a particularly flat display, but at least avoided what could have been a fourth straight defeat for the first time in two years. Premier League table Premier League fixtures / results Premier League top scorers More to follow.