[1][2] Overall, Liverpool have won more of the meetings, defeating Chelsea 87 times to their 65 wins, and a further 46 games ended in draws, as of their latest clash in October 2024.

[3] In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium in Fulham with the aim of turning it into a football ground.

The team reached the 1915 FA Cup final, where they lost to Sheffield United at Old Trafford, and finished third in the First Division in 1920, the club's best league campaign to that point.

The team Liverpool fielded against Rotherham was composed entirely of Scottish players—the players who came from Scotland to play in England in those days were known as the Scotch Professors.

However, for the next 96 years, Chelsea would only manage one single league title, which came in 1955, whereas Liverpool (who were already two-time champions) would go on to win the First Division title sixteen more times, cementing the Reds' status as one of the biggest clubs in England, along with major rivals Manchester United, whereas Chelsea were considered to be a mid-table club, and their rivalry with Liverpool was non-existent during the years leading up to the 21st century.

In July 2003, long-time chairman of Chelsea Ken Bates sold the club to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for £140,000,000.

Chelsea spent £103,000,000 on transfers in the summer of 2003, which included the signings of Joe Cole from West Ham United and Hernán Crespo from Inter Milan.

Liverpool would get revenge in the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in January 2004, which saw Bruno Cheyrou condemn Chelsea to a 1–0 home defeat.

In the summer of 2004, Chelsea and Liverpool had respectively appointed managers José Mourinho and Rafael Benítez, which was the beginning of a vicious rivalry between the pair.

In their first season as rivals, they clashed five times, including two Premier League victories for Mourinho, both of which finished 1–0 to Chelsea and both of those goals being scored by Joe Cole.

A crowd of 78,000 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff saw John Arne Riise score a volley inside the first minute to put Liverpool ahead.

A goal from Antonio Núñez a minute later reduced the deficit for Liverpool, but were unable to score again, as Chelsea won 3–2 and the League Cup for the third time.

Following the match, Mourinho defended the gesture that saw him dismissed, claiming that it had been intended for the media and not Liverpool fans: "The signal of close your mouth was not for them but for the press, they speak too much and in my opinion they try to do everything to disturb Chelsea.

He eventually changed his mind, soon after signing a new four-year deal and later stating that he would rather win one Premier League title at Liverpool than multiple at Chelsea, as it would mean more to him.

Chelsea's failed signing of Liverpool's elite poster boy resulted in yet more bad blood developing between the two sets of supporters.

On 10 June 2005, UEFA decided to grant Liverpool special dispensation to defend their title, however, they would have to enter the Champions League in the first qualifying round, and were denied country protection, which meant they could face any English team (Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, or Everton) at any stage of the competition.

However, Benítez's Liverpool were victorious in their semi-final encounter in the FA Cup, winning 2–1, ending Chelsea's hopes for their first ever double and progressing to the FA Cup final, where Steven Gerrard would score an equaliser in added time to help Liverpool defeat West Ham United 3–1 on penalties.

As Chelsea and Liverpool were the respective winners of the 2005–06 Premier League and the 2005–06 FA Cup, this meant that they would be playing each other in the 2006 FA Community Shield on 13 August 2006, at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, the same venue that hosted the 2005 Football League Cup final a year and a half prior, which saw Chelsea beat Liverpool 3–2.

In the match, John Arne Riise opened the scoring for Liverpool early in the first half, only for Chelsea's recently signed forward Andriy Shevchenko to equalise shortly before half-time.

The following season saw José Mourinho depart from Chelsea in September 2007, but they would still defeat Liverpool 2–0 in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, with goals from Frank Lampard and Andriy Shevchenko sending the Reds crashing out of the competition.

In the first leg at Anfield, a Dirk Kuyt goal two minutes before half-time put Liverpool ahead, and held onto the lead until the 95th minute, which saw John Arne Riise put the ball in his own net to give Chelsea, who were now being managed by Avram Grant, an advantage, with the match finishing 1–1 and the Blues heading into the second leg at Stamford Bridge with a crucial away goal.

[29] In the reverse fixture at Anfield in February 2009, Liverpool defeated Chelsea again, this time winning 2–0, with both goals coming from Fernando Torres late in the game.

Despite Torres having a successful three and a half seasons at Liverpool, which saw him score 81 goals in nearly 150 appearances, he failed to win a single trophy at the club.

Carroll thought he had scored a second in the 81st minute, but his header was saved on the line by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech.

[37] Suárez accepted the violent conduct charge but denied the FA's claim the standard punishment of three matches was clearly insufficient for his offence.

The panel also wanted to send a "strong message that such deplorable behaviours do not have a place in football", while noting that "all players in the higher level of the game are seen as role models, have the duty to act professionally and responsibly, and set the highest example of good conduct to the rest of the game – especially to young players".

The match saw Steven Gerrard infamously slip while receiving a pass in first half injury-time, which allowed Demba Ba to score for Chelsea and put them 1–0 up at Anfield.

Liverpool followed this up by throwing away a 3–0 lead at Crystal Palace and only managing to come out with a 3–3 draw, all but confirming Manchester City's Premier League victory.

The next season, Chelsea hosted Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on 10 May 2015, who at this point had been top of the Premier League for every single matchday.

The two clubs met again in the final of the 2024 EFL Cup, with Liverpool winning 1–0 in extra-time thanks to a header from Reds captain Virgil van Dijk.