Liverpool still waiting to clinch Champions League football after Chelsea draw

Point also does little for Chelsea’s own European hopes.

Ryan Gravenberch opened the scoring for Liverpool. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA

Liverpool’s wait to secure Champions League football goes on while Chelsea avoided a club record-equalling seventh straight defeat in a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

The match encapsulated the hosts’ whole season in the first 45 minutes when they went ahead then retreated into their shell, allowing a team low on confidence and with a caretaker manager to grow into the game before equalising.