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Stalemate At Stamford Bridge As Liverpool Draw

Liverpool walk away from Stamford Bridge this evening with a point, pushing us back into 5th in the table, but the lads should be kicking themselves for not taking all three points.

The fact is, Liverpool were the better side today. Chelsea know it. The Chelsea fans know it. The Liverpool fans know it and, but for for lack of finishing, it could have been 1-0 or 2-0 to Liverpool.

Chances were plentiful for Peter Crouch in the first half but he couldn’t make anything of them. Try and all as they did in the first half and second half, Liverpool couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net. More annoyingly so, the side looked good in defence as well, shutting down Chelsea at every opportunity, Pepe Reina remaining relatively untroubled throughout the game.

Lucas looked well in the middle of the park alongside Mascherano and Rafa’s pairing of Martin Skrtel and Jamie Carragher in the the centre of defence continues to bloom with Skrtel passing each test shown to him today.

Visibly, Liverpool were stronger in the first half and really should have hit home at that stage. Striking options were limited before the game with the absence of both Torres and Voronin but more should really have been made of Peter Crouch’s chances. Dirk Kuyt was a bit isolated on the right though did make it through the 90 minutes, Liverpool’s changes coming when Babel was swapped out for Pennant with 20 minutes to go.

10 minutes to go in the game and Michael Ballack had a decent chance to hand Chelsea the lead, his volley ducking wide past the post in a let off for Liverpool. Any goal at that stage of the game would have killed the whole thing off.

With the draw, we’re back into fifth in the table, thanks only to goal difference over Aston Villa and Man City (who beat United in the derby just to piss off Alex Ferguson earlier today). Everton are on the horizon but I still wonder whether, with lack of clinical finishing as there was today, will Liverpool be able to cement a place in the top four of the table before the end of the season.

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Live: Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool (64 mins)

64 minutes or so gone in today’s game and still no score. John Arne Riise has been booked in the last few minutes and Avram Grant has brought on Florent Malouda, Joe Cole switching out to the right. It also looks like Jermaine Pennant could be introduced for Liverpool.

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Live: Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool (Half Time)

It’s gone half time at Stamford Bridge and the scoreline will tell you the two sides are still deadlocked.

Peter Crouch has had an absolute string of chances but has failed to convert any of them so far. With the absence of Torres and Voronin, he’s going to need to up his game in the second half or work on providing more opportunities for the likes of Babel and Kuyt and Chelsea plot against Crouch for the second half.

Overall, Liverpool have been the stronger side in the first half, just about, but you can’t write off Chelsea by any means. They have been a bit less aggressive that you’d expect, both Joe Cole and Frank Lampard keeping an eye on their challenges as a booking for either writes them out of the League Cup Final.

Defensively, Liverpool have done well in shutting down the Chelsea attack but going forward I’d still like to see Kuyt coming out of that right position more and having a crack up front, seal up that goal drought of his.

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Live: Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool (22 mins)

Reaching the halfway mark at Stamford Bridge and it’s still level pegging. Peter Crouch has had one or two good chances land his way but couldn’t make anything of them so far.

Juliano Belletti is already on a yellow card for Chelsea, three minutes in for intentional hand ball but for the moment anyway, Liverpool looking steady.

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Liverpool vs Chelsea (Live)

As the game kicks off, here’s the Liverpool team against Chelsea this afternoon at Stamford Bridge.

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Riise, Martin Skrtel, Jamie Carragher, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Leiva, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt, Peter Crouch.

On the bench are Itandje, San Jose, Benayoun, Pennant, Kewell.

Ex-Red Nic Anelka starts up front for Chelsea and he’ll need containing, along with the pain in Liverpool’s side that is Joe Cole.

Game on, live game updates available here during the game on LiverpoolAccess.com

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Live: Livepool 5 - 2 Havant (Crouch, 90)

Peter Crouch grabs his first of the game, Liverpool’s fifth, and his seventh of the season, Stevie G helping out in the process as Liverpool wrap up the job at Anfield.

Anything less than four or five goals would have been disappointing but overall, it’s been a fantastic game cup tie and something for Havant to stick in the scrap book for years to come.

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Live: Liverpool 4 - 2 Havant (Benayoun, 59)

Yossi Benayoun strikes again… didn’t take long for that did it?

Benayoun bags his third of the game and now tenth of the season and the flood gates have opened at Anfield. Havant are slowing down while Liverpool are just warming up with a half hour left to play.

This is more like it.

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Live: Liverpool 3 - 2 Havant (Benayoun, 56)

Yossi Benayoun strikes again, Jermaine setting up Benayoun for his second of the game, the ball coming in off the crossbar. Another Benayoun hat trick on the cards?

Steven Gerrard is certainly happy with that one.

More of the same please!

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Live: Liverpool 2 - 2 (Benayoun, 45)

Just coming up to half time and Liverpool have once again come from behind to draw level, this time from Yossi Benayoun, the Israeli bagging his eighth goal of the season.

Harsh words and changes due on the pitch at half time, surely to God they’ll send on Steven Gerrard and replace Ryan Babel with Fernando Torres. No point in holding back at this stage.

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 2 Havant (Potter, 31)

Havant’s number 14 is making a mockery of Liverpool. Finnan lets Potter in, Skrtel makes a deflection and next thing you know it’s 2-1 to Havant and Waterlooville. Are we looking at a Luton-esque game from 2 years ago?

For the love of God… they’re a non-league side!

Get some leadership in the back and close down the opposition! Too many nervous plays on the pitch and all just minutes after Lucas had pulled us level.

COME ON!!

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