Both sides headed into the game having experienced a poor 2022/23 so far.
Chelsea kicked off 10th in the division whilst Liverpool were 9th. The Reds had also most recently suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Brighton in the league.
As a result, this game was huge for both sides, with the loser’s European hopes taking a major hit.
And, at the time of writing, the score remains locked at 0-0.
Chelsea thought they had opened the scoring just a few minutes in but Kai Havertz was offside.
As for Liverpool, they struggled to really test Kepa apart from a few skyed efforts on the part of Cody Gakpo.
Elliott, however, has looked pretty poor so far vs Chelsea and has received a lot of criticism from fans online:
I can’t fucking stand Elliott oh my god. He’s so bad and being on the LW is making him look somehow worse
— Sost (@SostPhing) January 21, 2023
Elliott seems lost out on this left hand side #LFC #LiverpoolFC #LIVCHE #LFCFamily
— Carl (@CarlCiroYNWA) January 21, 2023
Don’t think Harvey Elliott has ran forwards with the ball once
— Dean (@deanregan88) January 21, 2023
Harvey Elliott just offers NOTHING! We can put anybody over there to make the simple pass! He just doesn’t do anything!
— Official Reverse Jinx Braves Account (@MyLantaBraves) January 21, 2023
Elliott offers so little on the left
— Ste Browne (@stephen19browne) January 21, 2023
Harvey Elliott had so much time and space and does nothing with the ball. Kid needs to be loaned out
— Haris Khawaja (@harriskhawaja_) January 21, 2023
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