Klopp and Potter accentuate positives after Anfield stalemate

Jurgen Klopp and Graham Potter looked for the positives after Liverpool and Chelsea cancelled each other out in a drab goalless draw on Saturday.

Neither team boasted good form heading into the Anfield contest and the game served up reflected their current mid-table Premier League status.

Yet with both sides avoiding the consequences of another defeat during their testing runs, the managers accepted a point apiece.

Liverpool boss Klopp, taking charge of his 1000th game in management, said: "I liked the start of the first half and particularly the start of the second half, so that was good and we need to extend these spells.

"We had moments when we played pretty well. For me it is clear, you have to be ready to make little steps and this was a little step.

"I expect progress and, from the last league game, it was progress, definitely. That is important.

"I think Arsene Wenger lost his 1000th game 6-0, so I am really happy that didn't happen."

The result leaves Liverpool with much work to do get back into the race for a top-four place.

Klopp said: "We can only influence this by winning and we didn't do that.

"But there are a lot of games to play and, if you count all the points, a lot of things are possible. To get there we have to continue with the things we did here and in the last two games I saw progress."

Chelsea thought they had taken a third-minute lead through Kai Havertz but the goal was ruled out for offside following a VAR check and clear-cut chances were few and far between thereafter.

Chelsea manager Potter said: "We were happy with the performance of the team, happy with the energy, the spirit and the discipline we had.

"It's never easy coming here because of Liverpool's quality and Anfield, so we take the point, we