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The game scene: Just before the break, Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson accelerated the game. He passed the ball to Jordan Henderson, who spotted starter Sadio Mané and served with a long hit. The attacker escaped from Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen, who only knew how to help the hurried attacker with a strong grip. Referee Paul Tierney first showed yellow, but he corrected himself according to the video footage: Red for the Dane. The former Gladbach player had changed the arithmetic of the game with his wrestling insert. For the decisive disadvantage of his team.
The first half: Chelsea tried to keep the champions away from their own goal, Liverpool’s request was to prevent the speedy Timo Werner from getting behind him four. As they both went very well, the game was intense, but also poor. It took a deflection from Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa to give Mohamed Salah a chance, Christensen cleared just before the goal line after just under 15 minutes. In the 32nd minute Werner put a ball just above the Reds’ goal on the right.
Havertz in search: At the start of the season in Brighton, Kai Havertz, ex-Leverkusen, had shown a low-key performance at best. The first half against Liverpool was better, but the 21-year-old who was called up as the central attacking man was not successful against Virgil van Dijk. Since his coach Frank Lampard, the next man Mason Mount, believed in the best pressure game, Havertz had to stay in the locker room after being sent off at halftime. Fikayo Tomori came for him.
Thiago first nothing, then a lot: Distraction artist Jürgen Klopp was amused when asked about the newly signed Thiago’s starting eleven. That’s out of the question, he only had one or two training sessions at his new club. That sounded like waiting, building, to the distant future: three quarters of an hour later, Thiago started the second half for Henderson. And in this he gave the teammate 75 passes, more than any Chelsea professional in 90 minutes. Typically Thiago.
The second half: How long would Chelsea keep outnumbered 0-0? Well, less than five minutes. Roberto Firmino played a formidable double with Salah on the right edge of the area and then crossed with precision to the center, where Mané finished off his header in the left corner very well (minute 50). Four minutes later, Mané increased it to 2-0 – Kepa in Chelsea’s goal had hit the ball directly at his foot. Jorginho, an otherwise sure penalty-taker, missed the opportunity for the next goal. He failed in the 75th minute with a penalty to Alisson. Previously, Thiago had dropped Werner with a light touch. In the first game of the season, the German international striker took a penalty.
Farewell error: The Spaniard Kepa never got rid of the backpack of the most expensive goalkeeper in the world at Chelsea. Your error of 0: 2 should confirm the decision of those responsible that a new number one is needed for higher ambitions. This seems to have already been found: Édouard Mendy from Stade Rennes will replace the 80 million Kepa men.
Werner evades: The Chelsea manager has numerous options for offense. Not only in terms of personnel, but also related to the position. So Werner moved against Liverpool from the attacking center down the left wing. While his attacking partner remained pale, all of the Blues’ dangerous offensive actions bypassed the 31-time national player, who performed in a two-man storm alongside Mount in the second half. Unlike Havertz, the 24-year-old appears to have already arrived in London.
