Chelsea visited Anfield for the second group game of the Champions League and came away with a point. It was their first visit since last season’s epic semi final, and reading the papers in the days before the game you would have been forgiven for thinking that it was actually Chelsea who went through on that occasion.
So much focus was on Jose Mourinho before the game that it seemed to have been forgotten that Liverpool are actually the reigning European Champions. Some of the Chelsea players had said that this was to be their great revenge mission but any hopes neutrals may have entertained that Chelsea would come to Anfield to attack were quickly dispelled.
As the Echo's Chris Bascombe (I think) wrote: “Chelsea came, Chelsea saw, And Chelsea retreated. In numbers.” All this talk about Chelsea being too good for everyone else was hopefully proved to be complete rubbish. On the night, Liverpool looked the better side against the champions who were fielding their strongest possible XI.
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