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Reigning champions Liverpool FC have also won their second game of the season. Jürgen Klopp’s team beat Chelsea 2-0 (0-0). Sadio Mané scored the goals for the Reds (50 and 54 minutes of play).
Liverpool was still active in the transfer market last week. Thiago, signed from Munich, was initially on the bench, Diogo Jota was not on the squad. At Chelsea, German national team players Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, who were signed before the season, played again from the beginning.
Most of the guests had the ball at the beginning, Chelsea initially concentrated on defense, still without the ill Thiago Silva, who was coming from Paris for the new season, and with goalkeeper Kepa, who had made a mistake at 3- 1 against Brighton & Hove. Chelsea will probably climb back up to the goalkeeper position. Edouard Mendy’s transfer from Stade Rennes is said to be imminent.
After nearly a quarter of an hour, things got tough for the Blues’ back team for the first time, and Kepa was the focus. After a long ball he went through the goal but was not as fast as Mohamed Salah, who played around the goalkeeper and put the ball in the center. Andreas Christensen saved his team from falling behind early.
Werner focused multiple times
A game with few high points developed. Chelsea did not allow anything and the few against opportunities of their own escape. At 32 minutes, the Londoners gave the first shot on goal of the game. Werner’s attempt landed right next to the goal, but Alisson would have been too. Five minutes later Werner pushed the ball past the goal from 13 meters after a counterattack, but since Havertz was previously offside, a hit wouldn’t have counted anyway.
Shortly before the break, Liverpool were allowed to counterattack once, and since then they have acted excessively. Christensen held Mané as the last man, and based on video footage, he saw a soft red (45 °). Referee Paul Tierney had first settled on yellow. Christensen’s intervention probably would not have been necessary, as Kepa would have had the ball before Mané. The next free kick went just over the goal, so Kepa did not get a ball on target in the first half.
Kepa, Thiago and Jorginho fail
Both teams switched at halftime. Defender Tomori Fikayo replaced Havertz at Chelsea and Thiago made his Liverpool debut. And Liverpool knew immediately how to take advantage of the majority. With one more player, the master combined into an advantage worth watching. After a double from Salah and Firmino, Mané completed his head. The Senegalese climbed four minutes. Kepa hesitated so much with a back pass that Mané put his foot in the middle and pushed to make it 2-0.
What could have been exciting again was due to Thiago. The former Munich placed Werner unnecessarily in Liverpool’s penalty area. But since Jorginho missed a penalty for Chelsea for the first time, it remained a two-goal deficit for his team.
