Most complete performance

A good spread of age groups here so should be an interesting read.

In your time what is the most complete performance you witnessed by our club?

It doesnt have to be a hiding given out, it can be a 1 nil where we played outstanding stuff for 90 minutes and in any comp ( dont include friendlies)

A good spread of age groups here so should be an interesting read.

In your time what is the most complete performance you witnessed by our club?

It doesnt have to be a hiding given out, it can be a 1 nil where we played outstanding stuff for 90 minutes and in any comp ( dont include friendlies)

Hmm....this is a pretty good topic. I'm handicapped on two fronts, reasonably new supporter compared to a lot of you (~15 years or so watching games) and old with a bad memory. My kneejerk is to say that Barcelona comeback but I don't know that it really meets the standard of what you are talking about. I'm pretty sure it would have had to have been during our title winning season but I'm struggling to pick a performance. Maybe that 7-0 against Crystal Palace last season actually although it feels a little hollow because it was with no fans in attendance.

https://youtu.be/jy-uQT3AqyI


Nothing will come close to this

Just blew away Forest who at the time were the nearest Rivals

https://youtu.be/jy-uQT3AqyI


Nothing will come close to this

Just blew away Forest who at the time were the nearest Rivals

Defo going to be up there. Id love to see how lads who were at the spurs drubbing would compare both games

This was a good day as well


https://youtu.be/wY3cJwsRttY

So many to choose from.

https://youtu.be/jy-uQT3AqyI


Nothing will come close to this

Just blew away Forest who at the time were the nearest Rivals

Kenny: I had a season ticket in the Kemlyn that season. Whilst this is defo top 2, I remember us playing Derby County in the first weeks of that season and we absolutely battered them 4-0, the game wasn't on TV of course. But I think we had about 39 shots, I have never seen a more complete performance than that.
I think we won the league that year by Grand National day.

The best Rodgers performance v Arsenal 5-1, 4-0 up in 22 minutes

The best Klopp performance is either Man City 3-0 in CLeague or of course Barca

https://youtu.be/jy-uQT3AqyI


Nothing will come close to this

Just blew away Forest who at the time were the nearest Rivals

Was about to post this.

Almost permanent in our video player the season review that also had that full game on it

Was about to post this.

Almost permanent in our video player the season review that also had that full game on it

Yep - that was a great season review , don’t think I have seen one where they put in a whole game

For me it was the 7-0 at home against Spurs

The 0-5 at Old Trafford wasn't bad! We don't even bother to crow about it cos they're so bad, but until very recently they were talking about " Juanfield."

The 0-5 at Old Trafford wasn't bad! We don't even bother to crow about it cos they're so bad, but until very recently they were talking about " Juanfield."

And that only weeks earlier they were crowing about Ronaldo coming back to fire them back to the top. Not working out well is it?

Most complete performance under Jürgen? It has to be Barca at home surely? Go back and rewatch it and you'll be struck by just how easy that second half was. If we demanded 5 or 6 that night I'm pretty sure our men in red would have complied. They entered Anfield that night as Barcelona. They left looking like Bournemouth. It's safe to say that they have still not recovered.

Most complete performance I can recall under Rodgers. I think the 5-0 away to Spurs was pretty awesome. Even Flanagan getting on the score sheet! That season was like an acid trip - ultimately didn't end well but jesus, some of the matches were psychedelic. But for sheer consistency and solidity that was the best one.

The absolute thrashing of Real Madrid under Rafa at Anfield is another one that comes to mind. 4-0. A faultless display capped by two titanic displays by Torres and Gerrard at their very peak. Glorious and with an Anfield soundtrack to match. Same week we beat Man Utd 4-1 as well. There was a 5-0 thrashing of Villa that followed not long after. As good as we ever were under Rafa.

A couple that stick out against some lesser teams;

1) Our 3-0 win over Newcastle back in November 2007. Gerrard scored a rocket from about 30 yards to open the scoring. Think it was Kuyt and Babel with the other goals and Torres came close numerous times.

2) The 4-0 win over Palace in what I think was our first game back after lockdown and the first in an empty Anfield. We battered them the entire game and don’t think they had a single touch of the ball in our penalty box.

A bigger game that stands out is the 4-0 demolition of Real Madrid back in 08(?). If it wasn’t for Iker Casillas being well and truly at his best, it would easily have been approaching double figures. We ripped them apart and they couldnt handle Torres and Gerrard.

The 0-5 at Old Trafford wasn't bad! We don't even bother to crow about it cos they're so bad, but until very recently they were talking about " Juanfield."

Still can't get over the narrative their supporters (and strangely, a lot of the media) tried to spin about their 0-2 defeat to City a few weeks later somehow being much more damning than the 0-5 they suffered against us.

Probably sound incredibly spoilt saying this about a 5-0 win away from home, but I'm fuming we never put them to the sword in that second half 😂

Well Brian mine will be very boring I'm afraid. But for me it has to be the 74 F A Cup Final. We absolutely took Newcastle apart that day. "SuperMac" was going to rip us a new one apparently he was shouting his gob off all week, but come the day he was a nothing.
I was there that day and we were majestic in my opinion. There are plenty of games that will better this, but it is all about opinions.

Good Topic by the way.

A couple that stick out against some lesser teams;

1) Our 3-0 win over Newcastle back in November 2007. Gerrard scored a rocket from about 30 yards to open the scoring. Think it was Kuyt and Babel with the other goals and Torres came close numerous times.

2) The 4-0 win over Palace in what I think was our first game back after lockdown and the first in an empty Anfield. We battered them the entire game and don’t think they had a single touch of the ball in our penalty box.

A bigger game that stands out is the 4-0 demolition of Real Madrid back in 08(?). If it wasn’t for Iker Casillas being well and truly at his best, it would easily have been approaching double figures. We ripped them apart and they couldnt handle Torres and Gerrard.

Some good ones there. Think Madrid was 09, not 08 but you're dead on about Casillas in that game. Without him I think we'd have genuinely been in with a shout of matching the all time Champions League record win, coincidentally set by ourselves against Besiktas a couple of years earlier

A couple that stick out against some lesser teams;

1) Our 3-0 win over Newcastle back in November 2007. Gerrard scored a rocket from about 30 yards to open the scoring. Think it was Kuyt and Babel with the other goals and Torres came close numerous times.

2) The 4-0 win over Palace in what I think was our first game back after lockdown and the first in an empty Anfield. We battered them the entire game and don’t think they had a single touch of the ball in our penalty box.

A bigger game that stands out is the 4-0 demolition of Real Madrid back in 08(?). If it wasn’t for Iker Casillas being well and truly at his best, it would easily have been approaching double figures. We ripped them apart and they couldnt handle Torres and Gerrard.

I remember that one quite well for other reasons. Rafa (for possibly the only time in his career) turns up on the touchline in a tracksuit in protest at that pr**k Tom Hicks emailing him that his job was merely 'to coach the team' ie stay the f**k out of the transfer business and stop calling us out for being the twisted snake oil salesmen we are and exposing us for having f**k all money.) Aside from that, remember that it was a Saturday lunchtime kick off and I was listening on the radio (weird how I remember some games!)

The Madrid one people are talking about was especially satisfying as the main Madrid supporting publication chose the headline, "Anfield? So what." Haha, should've known better.

I remember that one quite well for other reasons. Rafa (for possibly the only time in his career) turns up on the touchline in a tracksuit in protest at that pr**k Tom Hicks emailing him that his job was merely 'to coach the team'

Funny you mention that! He was wearing a tracky on the touchline for Everton's FA Cup game against Hull a couple of weeks back and I remember thinking to myself the only other time I've saw him wearing one during a match was for that Newcastle game.

Believe he was asked about it in a Q&A a few years back and in true Rafa like fashion said with a cheeky grin that there was no cryptic message and that he'd simply forgotten his suit 

This was a good day as well


https://youtu.be/wY3cJwsRttY

I remember that game. And as much as I agree with you regarding the forest demolition, this game against United wasn’t that dominant. United didn’t play that badly really. It was joyous to watch though...

One thing, watching those highlights and remembering that era shows just how good that team was. I would love Barnes and Beardsley right now.

For me, that team is still better than the one we have now.

For me, recent timed the 4-0 at Leicester the year we won the title was almost perfect.
I remember a 7-1 at derby where our team play was out of this world...

One game, 90s sometime I think; we beat Man City something stupid and if it wasn’t for their keeper having a blinder we would have won by double figures. I think we won 6-1....

Been mentioned now but first that came to mind for me when I saw the thread title was Real Madrid in the champions league.

We were absolutely brilliant and tore them apart.

Another one that comes to mind, bit of a strange one as it was absolutely gutting was the CL final in 07. Maybe not a complete performance as such but my memory of that game was us being far far the better side and playing with a maturity that said we knew we belonged on that stage, whereas 05 was just a dream run (although speaking of 05, Juve at Anfield where big Sami scored was another great performance and we were great away in that leg too). But 07, Stevie had that chance where he broke through and Dida smothered it and Pennant had his best game but Inzaghi poached two goals. Can’t remember the score when Stevie was in on goal but it was such a tight game that it would have made a huge difference probably.

Edit: Another one I remember from the Rafa era was against Derby - think we won 6 0, can’t quite recall but we were absolutely on fire that day and you just knew we would go close to the title that year.

Been mentioned now but first that came to mind for me when I saw the thread title was Real Madrid in the champions league.

We were absolutely brilliant and tore them apart.

Another one that comes to mind, bit of a strange one as it was absolutely gutting was the CL final in 07. Maybe not a complete performance as such but my memory of that game was us being far far the better side and playing with a maturity that said we knew we belonged on that stage, whereas 05 was just a dream run (although speaking of 05, Juve at Anfield where big Sami scored was another great performance and we were great away in that leg too). But 07, Stevie had that chance where he broke through and Dida smothered it and Pennant had his best game but Inzaghi poached two goals. Can’t remember the score when Stevie was in on goal but it was such a tight game that it would have made a huge difference probably.

Edit: Another one I remember from the Rafa era was against Derby - think we won 6 0, can’t quite recall but we were absolutely on fire that day and you just knew we would go close to the title that year.

The away displays in that knockout phase were just remarkable. Still to me some of the best game management/tactics I have ever seen. Juve away particularly was a Rafa masterclass.

I remember that game. And as much as I agree with you regarding the forest demolition, this game against United wasn’t that dominant. United didn’t play that badly really. It was joyous to watch though...

One thing, watching those highlights and remembering that era shows just how good that team was. I would love Barnes and Beardsley right now.

For me, that team is still better than the one we have now.

So many to choose from.

As Meat Loaf would have said, you took the words right outa my mouth

Not sure why I enjoyed this game as much as I did, but really enjoyed demolishing Spuds in their own back yard, in the rain, back in 2013
https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolFC/videos/highlights-tottenham-0-5-liverpool/239209684343148/

But yea, so many to choose from..

https://youtu.be/jy-uQT3AqyI


Nothing will come close to this

Just blew away Forest who at the time were the nearest Rivals

We were supreme that day and has to be right up there in too performances, players on a different level that day

There’s been a few down the years, and probably load’s more before my time, for me though my stand out would be humiliating Spurs 7-0 in ‘78’, which for me was our best side ever, if you could, I would play that team today and they’d still win, Clemence, Neal, Hughes, Thompson, Kennedy, Case, Souness, McDermott, R Kennedy, Dalglish, Johnson, it was the “Complete Performance “ by the complete team,

Forest was another “complete Performance” in ‘88’ Forest were flying under Clough and had two European cups under their belt, they beat us 2-1 in a league game two weeks before but we got revenge in the FA cup semi knocking them out and us going to the final, the performance itself has been heralded as one of our greatest and was witnessed by the Great Tom Finney(google him kids), he said after…’it was the finest exhibition I’ve seen the whole time I’ve played and watched the game, you couldn’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil, the moves they put together were fantastic’,

More recently I loved the performance against Leicester at the Kingpower, at that particular time, they were our nearest and dearest in the league, I remember the build up to the game that week all the pundits and media Scrotums had written us off and were sure we would drop points, I don’t think we were playing particularly well at the time , scraping through here and there, however, we went there and absolutely battered them , it was 0-4 in the end but it could have 7, for me that result convinced the players that we were winning the league that season, most will point to the Manc game at home, the Alisson assist for Mo’s clincher, but for me it was that exquisit display at the Kingpower,


Have to put it in don’t we, that special night, where the whole f***in world expected us to suck we Lionel’s boaby and capitulate, Death by Catalonia, was the headlines the following morning, missing two of our main combatants in Mo & Bobby we were f***in Doomed, and the pro-Manc media sat with hard ons convinced we’d get battered, I remember the embarrassment at work when we lost 3-0 at the Camp Nou, it didn’t matter we didn’t deserve that scoreline, no one cared,  only the final score mattered and it was virtually game over…….well, so everybody thought….on the day of the game at work, the only Red by the way, I got asked what I thought the score would be and without any hesitation said 4-0, of course the all fell about laughing… F**k all said the next morning, except for me of course, F**k me didn’t let them know about it !!


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There’s been a few down the years, and probably load’s more before my time, for me though my stand out would be humiliating Spurs 7-0 in ‘78’, which for me was our best side ever, if you could, I would play that team today and they’d still win, Clemence, Neal, Hughes, Thompson, Kennedy, Case, Souness, McDermott, R Kennedy, Dalglish, Johnson, it was the “Complete Performance “ by the complete team,

Forest was another “complete Performance” in ‘88’ Forest were flying under Clough and had two European cups under their belt, they beat us 2-1 in a league game two weeks before but we got revenge in the FA cup semi knocking them out and us going to the final, the performance itself has been heralded as one of our greatest and was witnessed by the Great Tom Finney(google him kids), he said after…’it was the finest exhibition I’ve seen the whole time I’ve played and watched the game, you couldn’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil, the moves they put together were fantastic’,

More recently I loved the performance against Leicester at the Kingpower, at that particular time, they were our nearest and dearest in the league, I remember the build up to the game that week all the pundits and media Scrotums had written us off and were sure we would drop points, I don’t think we were playing particularly well at the time , scraping through here and there, however, we went there and absolutely battered them , it was 0-4 in the end but it could have 7, for me that result convinced the players that we were winning the league that season, most will point to the Manc game at home, the Alisson assist for Mo’s clincher, but for me it was that exquisit display at the Kingpower,


Have to put it in don’t we, that special night, where the whole f***in world expected us to suck we Lionel’s boaby and capitulate, Death by Catalonia, was the headlines the following morning, missing two of our main combatants in Mo & Bobby we were F**kin Doomed, and the pro-Manc media sat with hard ons convinced we’d get battered, I remember the embarrassment at work when we lost 3-0 at the Camp Nou, it didn’t matter we didn’t deserve that scoreline, no one cared,  only the final score mattered and it was virtually game over…….well, so everybody thought….on the day of the game at work, the only Red by the way, I got asked what I thought the score would be and without any hesitation said 4-0, of course the all fell about laughing… F**k all said the next morning, except for me of course, f**k me didn’t let them know about it !!


‘ Never Give Up ‘




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I'm all over this Billy and could easily have said exactly the same as you, BUT you've put it so much better than me 

Amazing memories never to be forgotten.

Greetings all...  I'm brand new here, and for my first post, I'm going to mirror a lot of what's already been said and maybe add one or two others.

The 5-0 Vs Forest was the most exceptional display of football that might have ever been seen in English football.  It could genuinely have been 9 or 10.  We hit the woodwork three times I think, and their keeper made some great saves.  For the 2nd goal, the pass from Beardo to Aldo still brings me out of my seat when I watch it today...  And remember, that match was the equivalent of us playing City today - There were, easily, the next best team in the league, and a bloody good outfit.  It was poetry in motion from start to finish.

The 4-0 Vs Madrid was, for me, and even better performance than the 4-0 Vs Barca, because Barca did have several chances, particularly in the first half, whereas I don't remember Madrid getting a sniff...  We just swatted them aside, with the passion from the stands rolling down and onto the pitch, simply overwhelming the mighty Real Madrid.  And Stevie's half-volley in the 2nd half...  Oh my.

The 4-0 away to Leicester was another demonstration of sheer power and will...  A statement.  We all approached that game expecting a tough match against a good side who were somewhat close to us in the table.  For practically the entire game, it was men against boys...  I remember being disappointed that it was only 1-0 at halftime, and worried that we might rue not being further ahead, only to see us be even more dominant in the 2nd half.  That was the game after which I actually started to allow myself to believe that there might not be a heartbreaking twist at the end of THIS season...

The year Suarez almost carried us to the title by himself, we went to Salford and beat them 3-0.  It should have been about 6-0.  We battered them, and toyed with them by the end of the game.  Stevie hit the post on what would have been his hattrick of penalties.  This season's 5-0 there was a dream, of course, but that's an easy answer, so fresh in the memory...  This game was equally lopsided, maybe even a little more so, even if the final score didn't reflect it. 

And finally, there was a match that I watched as a boy, back in the days of Digger and Macca and Aldo and Whelan and Houghton and Beardsley, etc... where we spent 90+ minutes wiping the grass of Anfield with the Chelsea players.  I'm not sure that they got out of their own half...  Now, it was one of those days when we just couldn't score for love nor money, until the 93rd or so minute, so the score will comes across as a nondescript 1-0 win, but the performance was insane.  Relentless, fluid, attacking football, that, had we scored early and opened the floodgates, might have seen us reach double figures...  As it was, we had to settle for just one, but with a little luck and / or prowess in front on goal, this match might have been remembered up there with the Spurs 7-0 and the Forest 5-0. 

More recently I loved the performance against Leicester at the Kingpower, at that particular time, they were our nearest and dearest in the league, I remember the build up to the game that week all the pundits and media Scrotums had written us off and were sure we would drop points, I don’t think we were playing particularly well at the time , scraping through here and there, however, we went there and absolutely battered them , it was 0-4 in the end but it could have 7, for me that result convinced the players that we were winning the league that season

I remember we went into the game having won 9 on the trot, miles clear in the league, and had just won the World Cup. It's true that we were expected to drop points there, (god only knows why), but we made them all sit up and take notice.

Another one I remember from the Rafa era was against Derby - think we won 6 0, can’t quite recall but we were absolutely on fire that day and you just knew we would go close to the title that year.

If only that was the case. We won it 6-0 on 1 September 2007, but at the next home game 3 weeks later, Birmingham turned up and got another point from those dull horrible goalless draws at home that we had to put up with during the Rafa era. Derby were relegated in record time, and we were relegated to fighting the top 4 fight again by Christmas. 

Greetings all...

The 5-0 Vs Forest was the most exceptional display of football that might have ever been seen in English football.  It could genuinely have been 9 or 10.  We hit the woodwork three times I think, and their keeper made some great saves.  For the 2nd goal, the pass from Beardo to Aldo still brings me out of my seat when I watch it today...  And remember, that match was the equivalent of us playing City today - There were, easily, the next best team in the league, and a bloody good outfit.

I think the last bit is a bit ott. They had just beaten us at their place, so when they came here a couple of weeks later, straight after the cup semi final, I think we had a score to settle, which we did. We haven't won at their place since 1984, but I never saw them as major rivals in that, or any season. When I was at the home game against them 12 months earlier, we won easily, and our 86/87 team wasn't great, which didn't retain the title.

As with these kind of questions, it's impossible to limit the answer to one game. It's before my time but I would have assumed the 5-0 derby win would have got a mention or two by now. In October 87, QPR arrived here top of the league, just a couple of days after the famous hurricane hit the south of England. It was my first and only time in the Kemlyn Road as Barnes ran rings around them for the fourth goal in our 4-0 win to put us top of the league, which stayed that way until the end of the season.

Watching us beat Huddersfield in the Centenary in 2019, was another complete performance. They were already relegated by then and when we scored after just 17 seconds, the result was never in doubt. With us 3-0 up at half time, the only question was if we were going to declare then, or boost the goal difference instead, as we were a few goals behind in that title race. We added 2 more to win 5-0, and it could have been any score by the end.

If only that was the case. We won it 6-0 on 1 September 2007, but at the next home game 3 weeks later, Birmingham turned up and got another point from those dull horrible goalless draws at home that we had to put up with during the Rafa era. Derby were relegated in record time, and we were relegated to fighting the top 4 fight again by Christmas. 

Sorry lad, unlike you I am going from my hazy memory rather than googling every single statistic from every game before posting. I doubt you even remember the Birmingham game you’re referencing, just having a little google and throwing your Rafa bias into it.

Thread is about the most complete performance, not what happened next so you can do one with your Rafa vendetta as we had some very complete performances under him. He left in 2010 didn’t he? Move on.

You’re an absolute broken record.

I know exactly where I was to watch that game thanks. It was posted because you said we were going to go close for the title that year. I would love it to be true, but it wasn't.

I know exactly where I was to watch that game thanks. It was posted because you said we were going to go close for the title that year. I would love it to be true, but it wasn't.

Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

Of course he remembers where he was on 1st September 2007. A day etched in history you know.

I mean who couldn't remember where they were exactly 10 days before the 6th anniversary of
9/11???

It has to be inter Milan at Anfield 1965 on the Wednesday night after we won the F.A,
.Cup for the first time..Gerry Byrne and Gordon Milne carried the cup around the ground before the kick off and that really got the crowd worked up.It was a master stroke by Bill Shankly and the atmosphere was electric.  WE have had so many good days and nights at Anfield but that night is the standout for me.

It has to be inter Milan at Anfield 1965 on the Wednesday night after we won the F.A,
.Cup for the first time..Gerry Byrne and Gordon Milne carried the cup around the ground before the kick off and that really got the crowd worked up.It was a master stroke by Bill Shankly and the atmosphere was electric.  WE have had so many good days and nights at Anfield but that night is the standout for me.

Billy if it was a complete performance, we wouldn't have conceded and the cheating bas**rds wouldn't have got away with what happened in Italy.

Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

My cousin was about 10 when his dad took him to Everton Social Club and he sat him on the snooker table answering random questions about footy.
Mad stuff like who won the FA cup in 1947. He’d tell them, and the opposition, and the goal scorers, then the teams managers.
Madness, but he remembered everything from reading football mags etc.
So some people do have that incredible ability.
Not me I’m afraid, memory like a sieve me !

Billy if it was a complete performance, we wouldn't have conceded and the cheating bas**rds wouldn't have got away with what happened in Italy.

Seeing as it was our first time in Europe it was as good as a complete performance for me, you are right about the cheating bas**rds and the bent ref. I dont know if you are aware but the tricks the tw*ts got up to in Milan like driving around the hotel tooting the car horns all night so our lads could not get to sleep,then there was the bent ref,we were on a hiding to nothing.So you can see why I rated the Anfield win with the F.A.Cup as a complete performance.
                                                    That season the club ran raffles for  the semi final of the FA Cup against Chelsea at Villa Park,there was 10 winnners drawn and I was one of the lucky ten.WE beat Chelsea 2-0 who were managed by a certain Tommy Docherty,he thought they were going to thrash us ,what a shock that tw*t got.WE left Anfield about 10 o clock in the morning and got back to Anfield about 10/30 at night.

Seeing as it was our first time in Europe it was as good as a complete performance for me, you are right about the cheating bas**rds and the bent ref. I dont know if you are aware but the tricks the tw*ts got up to in Milan like driving around the hotel tooting the car horns all night so our lads could not get to sleep,then there was the bent ref,we were on a hiding to nothing.So you can see why I rated the Anfield win with the F.A.Cup as a complete performance.

Heard the story a million times from grandparents, books, vids etc.

The stuff any scouse kid of the 80s was brought up on about the Reds - Milan, St Etienne, Rome!!

Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

You would have to be an astronaut to get anywhere near NASA, and I'm not an astronaut.

Yes I can remember the ko time, and remember the suggestion that the bookies were going to pay out on Derby's relegation if they lost, rather than wait until March when it was confirmed. So by the 4th goal the tills were probably being opened.

6-0 wins are rare and should be remembered. The whole thread is about what you remember from your own memory. And I remember the 6-0 wins and the goalless draws, as if they happened yesterday.