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It was a rough first half, with a very high physical demand and a clear intention of Liverpool to assert its status as a team over a Chelsea that was betting on attack on Havertz and Werner, two of its brand new additions.
Just at the edge of that first stage the local suffered a severe blow: Christensen’s foul on Mane cost him the red card.
The game would begin to be won by Liverpool on the bench for ST: Henderson left and Thiago arrived, the signing yearned for by Klopp, and boy did he pay off, because the attack finally found direction and they had the usual association: a At the age of 50, Mane opened the account, after a brilliant play with touch and luxury with Firmino, and at 54 the scorer signed the double, in a play in which he created the space under pure pressure. In 5 minutes everything was cleared for the Premier champion.
A controversial move would come at 73, with a Brazilian touch: an alleged lack of Thiago, who was returning to support the brand, after a VAR review the penalty that Jorginho charged and that Alisson Becker saved brilliantly was sanctioned.
Mane himself would have the third with a violent shot from outside the area that Kepa scratched in time and moments later Salah, with a left foot that covered the goalkeeper with his body.
And in the end Liverpool punishes a Chelsea that requires a lot of work to start the machine with the new pieces, while Liverpool recalls the intact image of last season: it looks intractable, lethal, again leader of the Premier.
