Drab draw suits Reds

Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0

The second goalless draw between Chelsea and Liverpool in the group stages may have confirmed the Anfield club as seeds for the knockout stages, but this was a dull game which will - sadly - be remembered for just one moment - Essien’s ugly studs-first lunge on Dietmar Hamann, his boot clattering into the German’s right knee.

Afterwards Hamann said that he feared his leg had been broken by Essien’s first half tackle.