Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool: Player Ratings

Games between two top clubs don't get a whole lot worse than that. It was 90 minutes of pure frustration as the defences comfortably snuffed out two poor attacks. Both sides were happy to settle for the point.

Player Ratings 

Liverpool 

Pepe Reina 7.5: Made a great save from a thunderous striker from Adebayor, was commanding in the air too when needed.

Jamie Carragher 6.5: Solid performance dealt well with the threat of Adam Johnson.

Martin Sktrel 8.5: Great performance made two three goal saving tackles kept Adebayor quite, missed a chance to score but one of the best performance this season defensively.

Daniel Agger 7.5: Dealt well with what was thrown at him, though that wasn't much to be honest.

Emiliano Insua 7: Looked a bit suspect Vs Johnson/Wright Philips sometimes but managed them well in the end. Raided down the left to support Babel in attack, too.

Lucas Leiva 5: Poor performance from the Brazilian, lost possession many times with wayward passing.

Javier Mascherano 8.5: Was a bit reckless a few times but good solid performance made some brilliant and crucial tackles.

Maxi Rodriguez 6.5: Tried his luck a few time from distance without any success. Overall a satisfactory performance.

Dirk Kuyt 6.5: Was upfront on his own didn't do much, played at the wing, too, but without any success.

Steven Gerrard 6.5: Had an average game didn't do much.

Ryan Babel 7:  Was full of confidence after his mid week performance but couldn't do much today.

Substitutes 

Yossi Benayoun (63'' ) 7.5: Came on in the 63rd minute and looked good with his tricky runs , decided to stay on his feet after a Kompany tackle in the penalty box, could easily have won a penalty.

Fernando Torres (75"" ) 5.5: Didn't have a sniff for the little time he played.

Alberto Aquilani (86'') 5.5: Came late on, very late. Played okay.

Man of the Match

Martin Sktrel: For some potential goal saving tackles.