Liverpool vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Curtis Jones sends Reds back to the top
Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea: The Reds return to the top of the table after they take a deserved three points from a tense encounter at Anfield
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday afternoon as Arne Slot’s side returned to the top of the Premier League table.
An end-to-end first half failed to create any real chances of note before Curtis Jones produced a brilliant block on Cole Palmer, and then raced into the Chelsea box to win a penalty.
Salah converted from the spot and Liverpool were in the ascendancy from there, with Cody Gakpo having a goal ruled out before half-time.
The second half started in a similarly frantic fashion, though Chelsea landed the first blow, equakising quickly after Nicolas Jackson latched onto a brilliant through ball from Moises Caicedo.
But parity was short-lived, as Curtis Jones got to the end of a Salah cross to poke past Sanchez for 2-1 in the 51st minute.
The rest of the half was far less eventful, with neither side managing to fashion a chance of note before seven minutes were added on.
The home side looked to close out the game as the Blues tried to mount some final attacks, and the Reds’ defence stood firm to confirm the three points.
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Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
35 mins
Not a lot has happened since that disallowed effort, with Chelsea not yet having an opportunity to get back into the game.
Liverpool are enjoying plenty of possession, but the majority is in their own half.
DISALLOWED GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
33 mins
Liverpool think they have another but it’s offside.
Sanchez played it straight to Jones, who slipped a pass through to Salah, with the Egyptian playing the ball across for Gakpo to tap in. However, Salah had strayed offside in the build-up.
Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
32 mins
A ball forward almost falls to Nunez, but Sanchez did well to sweep it away for a throw. Liverpool win a corner right after, but the opportunity comes to nothing after Alexander-Arniold’s cross goes straight to Sanchez.
Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
30 mins
Liverpool have been forced into making a change here, as Jota comes off for Darwin Nunez.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
28 mins
GOAL! The home side are ahead.
Chelsea try and delay the taking of the penalty and Jackson is booked.
Salah steps up to take it – and he rifles past Sanchez, sending the Spaniard the wrong way.
PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL! Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea
27 mins
PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL! Stonewall.
Liverpool attack and Salah tries to force a shot through, but it bounces into the path of Jones. He’s wrestling with Colwill as he tries to get his feet sorted, and the Chelsea man brings him down for a clear penalty.
Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea
25 mins
CLOSE!
Madueke skips past Robertson again and cuts back a dangerous ball that falls to Palmer, but his shot is blocked.
Moments later, Salah leads a counter-attack and is brought down in the box, but the referee waves it away.
Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea
24 mins
Liverpool have some sustained possession around halfway, but there are no runners for the midfielders at the moment.
Salah tries to start an attack by playing it forward to Jota, but the Portuguese loses the ball under the challenge.
Moments later, James is dispossessed near his own box and the home side think they have a chance, but the foul is given for the challenge on the Englishman.
Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea
22 mins
The home side’s attacking play has been a little disjointed, and Maresca will likely be the happier of the two managers so far. Chelsea have had the better of the ball, but they haven’t managed to link their attacking play together yet.
James swings in a cross and Kelleher hesitates to come for it, so Alexander-Arnold nods it behind for a corner.
Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea
20 mins
CLOSE!
Liverpool play the long ball forward and James cushions it back to Sanchez. He takes too long on the ball and fires his clearance straight at Gakpo, but luckily for the Spaniard it bounces off Gakpo and straight into his gloves.
Moments later, there’s a brief VAR check for a penalty as Sancho goes down under the challenge from Alexander-Arnold, but nothing is given.
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