It was a high-paced start from both sides, but with Chelsea making several unusual errors in touches and runs. However, the defense held up pretty well for a while.
All of that decent work was undone with a bad loose touch from Willian, who slashed the two midfielders and left Naby Keïta in space to shoot. Without anyone closing it, he kicked the ball through and kicked it from the bottom of the bar to the bottom of the net.
Again, Kepa was also able to do little about the next goal, as Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a perfect free kick after a questionable foul called for Kovačić’s sliding tackle on Mané. Liverpool then reached three points after Chelsea’s last defense in the corner, Wijnaldum snapped a rebound at home, before Giroud reacted quickly to a rebound at the other end to make it 3-1 just before the middle whistle. weather.
Chelsea started with great intention in the second half, but it was Liverpool who scored first – another perfect cross between Alexander and Arnold, finding Firmino between two defenders to score his first Premier League goal at Anfield this season.
Lampard rang the changes, swapping all three attackers, and the move paid immediate dividends when Pulisic installed Abraham two minutes later to make it 4-2. Pulisic then took matters into his own hands to put it 4-3 with still a quarter of an hour to play.
Unfortunately, Chelsea couldn’t find a fourth goal, and Liverpool countered an excellent free kick to put 5-3 in their place.
And that was that.
Our top four destinations are now narrowed down to the last day, Sunday.
Carefree.
- Same line-up except on goal as on Sunday, but not as effective, which is a trend we’ve seen many times with 3-4-3 this season.
- Triple change just before the hour marks a literal game changer. The dug hole was too deep.
- Next: Last game of the league season, Wolves at home.
- Chelsea fell to fourth after United’s draw against West Ham earlier today.
- Chelsea needs at least a draw on Sunday to guarantee the top four. If we lose to the Wolves, we will need Leicester City to lose to Manchester United as well.
- KTBFFH
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