Chelsea vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction from thrilling match

Quite simply one of the best 45 minutes of football you will ever see.

Liverpool were 2-0 up. Chelsea fought back to 2-2. Chelsea then almost go in front before the break. The only disappointment is the half-time whistle.

WOW.

45+3 mins: Ok, this is official stupid. Chelsea nearly go in front before the break!

Tuchel’s men break and Havertz’s deflected shot flies towards Mount whose scuffed effort looks to be bobbling towards the bottom corner but just drifts wide of Kelleher’s right hand post.

45+1 mins: OH MY WORD!

Rudiger hooks a ball over the top for Kante who in turn flicks it on for Pulisic. The American chests it down and then hooks it into the top corner beyond Kelleher.

It’s 2-2 and Stamford Bridge is bouncing!

44 mins: This has been a sensational 45 minutes of football, truly breathtaking.

Two absolutely world class goals from Mo Salah and Mateo Kovacic will be the headlines, but the general pace and quality of the game has been utterly mouthwatering.

Wonderful stuff.

42 mins: IT’S ANOTHER ABSOLUTE SCREAMER!

Hang on, offside? Nope! The ball comes out to Kovacic on the edge of the area and on the volley he fires it into the top corner off the post!

A remarkable strike to bring Chelsea right back into the game. A quick check by VAR for a possible offside on Rudiger who was running back out of the penalty area but that was shut down.

GAME ON!

41 mins: Havertz draws a free-kick on the right-hand side of the Liverpool penalty area. A chance for Chelsea to salvage something before the break.

Alonso fires it in and it comes back out to Kovacic...

38 mins: The Liverpool fans are making a huge amount of noise in the far corner of Stamford Bridge just now. And why wouldn’t they? Their side are out of sight as it stands.

You feel Chelsea need to find something to cling on to before half-time because Liverpool will almost certainly score again.

36 mins: Liverpool now plugging the gaps, absorbing Chelsea’s possession and looking to hit the hosts on the break.

Salah scampers clear after a sustained period of Chelsea possession and suddenly Tuchel’s men are cut open! It’s three vs two in Liverpool’s favour but Chalobah does well to snuff out the danger as Salah’s effort deflects out for a corner.

Liverpool look ridiculously dangerous on the break.

33 mins: Could have got worse for Chelsea as VAR check for a possible red card on Mason Mount. He appeared to kick out at Tsimikas as the Liverpool player was on the floor.

But nothing doing. We go on.

31 mins: It must be so demoralising as a Chelsea player to dominate almost all of the opening 30 minutes and find yourselves 2-0 down.

Liverpool are just unapologetically ruthless when it comes to punishing teams. It’s almost sickening. But it’s also sensational.