how to draw the phase portrait of the system when the eigenvalues are 0

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$$\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t}=x(x-y) \quad\text{and}\quad \frac{\mathrm{d}y}{\mathrm{d}t}=y(2x-y)$$

I know that

  1. A fixed point is $(0,0)$.
  2. The Jacobian is

$$ \begin{pmatrix} 2x-y & -x \\ 2y & 2x-2y \end{pmatrix}. $$

We can find when the Jacobian becomes

$$ \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} $$

so that the eigenvalues become $0$ as well.

However, I do not know how to draw the phase portrait.