In a day of Premier League action that ranged from the goalless to the contentious, Sunderland held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw, Bournemouth edged Fulham 1-0, and Brighton thumped Wolves 3-0. Meanwhile, Middlesbrough and Southampton played to a playoff stalemate, with the real fireworks saved for the post-match press conferences, where managers clearly decided that passive-aggressive remarks were the day's real highlight.
At Anfield, Liverpool and Chelsea traded 1-1 punches, but not without VAR stepping in to ruin everyone's fun. First, Cody Gakpo was caught offside before teeing up Curtis Jones for a close-range header - the flag went up correctly, but replays suggested it was a careless lapse from the Dutchman. Then, Chelsea's Cole Palmer thought he'd fired his side into a deserved lead after capitalizing on a defensive mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Giorgi Marmadashvili, only for VAR to rule it out because Marc Cucurella was a smidgen offside in the build-up. Liverpool, second best for much of the match, got off the hook thanks to the very technology that usually haunts them. Scott Murray has the latest, probably while rolling his eyes.