Liverpool's Draw vs. Everton Underscores Club's Return to Normality

If this had been anything like a normal season, this would probably have been seen as another step toward the league title. That’s seven of the last eight derbies at Goodison now have ended in draws; in that sense a goalless draw was an entirely predictable result. Even before shutdown, though, this was not a normal season. Liverpool had won 27 of its first 29 games. Combine that and the three-and-a-half month wait for football and that perhaps created artificial expectations.

Liverpool had the better of possession and territory, but it was Everton that had the better of what chances there were, Tom Davies striking the post with 11 minutes remaining after Alisson had saved a Dominic…