Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool: Key stats from an imposing victory
Liverpool capped off a glorious weekend with a commanding triumph against potential title rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, maintaining their 100% start to the season.
Here are some of the standout facts and figures from a key early win against Frank Lampard's 10 men.
Outstanding Fabinho unruffled at centre-half
Back in February 2019, Virgil van Dijk's suspension and Joe Gomez's injury forced Fabinho to slot-in as a centre-half when Bayern Munich visited Anfield. He was up against Robert Lewandowski and, …
Observations as Liverpool take another three points from Stamford Bridge
It was Sadio Mane's turn to get amongst the goals as Liverpool made it two wins from two in the Premier League by virtue of a 2-0 victory away to Chelsea on Sunday evening.
With a cagey first half winding down to a goalless close, Andreas Christensen delivered what would be a fateful blow to his own team by hauling down Mane as the Senegal international was looking to burst past the much maligned Kepa for a tap-in. Receiving a …
Liverpool News - Weekend Summary
After a busy few days for the club, let's take a look at all the latest Liverpool FC news as The Reds made it six points from six at Chelsea on Sunday.
Jota signed
Liverpool confirmed the signing of Portugal international Diogo Jota on Saturday afternoon. The former Wolves forward left Molineux after three seasons at the club. Jota scored 16 goals in 67 Premier League appearances for Nuno Espirito Santo's team since helping them to promotion from the Championship.
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Will this be Liverpool's starting eleven to face Chelsea on Sunday?
Liverpool travel to London this weekend as they prepare to face Chelsea in the Premier League. We've had a look at what starting lineup Jürgen Klopp might go with.
The Reds began their season with a 4-3 home win over newly-promoted Leeds United last Saturday evening. It was an end-to-end clash at Anfield with Mohamed Salah (x3) and Virgil van Dijk scoring Liverpool's goals. As the score would suggest, however, Liverpool's defence didn't perform to a great standard on the …
Chelsea vs Liverpool Preview - Can Klopp's men make it four PL wins in a row against The Blues?
THE DETAILS
Venue – Stamford Bridge, Chelsea
Referee – Paul Tierney
Date & Time – Sunday, September 20th @ 16:30
Current Odds – Chelsea 21/10, Draw 13/5, Liverpool 6/5
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Liverpool have won their last three Premier League meetings with Chelsea. Yet, this weekend's game is likely to be one of the toughest tests Jürgen Klopp and his side have faced in recent seasons. Chelsea have delved deep into the transfer market this summer, adding quality in defence, midfield and …
Thiago to Liverpool - it's happening!
Liverpool finally look like they're going to secure the signature of FC Bayern's world-class midfielder Thiago Alcântara after one of the most drawn-out transfer sagas in recent years.
This morning, news reports broke claiming that the deal was just about completed with Liverpool agreeing to pay the €30 million price-tag FC Bayern had put on Thiago.
The Reds had hoped to bring the figure down seeing as Thiago was entering the final year of his contract with the Bundesliga champions. …
Salah's Swan Song?
After Mohamed Salah started the 2020/21 campaign with a red-hot performance against Leeds, is it time for us Liverpool fans to recognise the real possibility that this season may be his last at the club?
Salah joined Liverpool from Serie A side AS Roma in the summer of 2017 after Jürgen Klopp was convinced he was the right fit for his squad by The Reds' scouting team. Speaking just months after Salah's arrival at the club, Klopp said:
"Our scouting …
Gomez still requires patience from Liverpool supporters
Who else saw that coming last weekend then?
Liverpool played out a Premier League classic against newly-promoted Leeds, getting their title defence off to an entertaining-but-unconvincing start at Anfield.
Having not been able to watch the game first time around, I can confirm that following it on Twitter, while fellow supporters lost their minds, was not an experience to treasure. Don't ever do it.
On a defensively-sloppy evening for the Reds, the one man who seemed to come in for …
"He's hungry" - Liverpool star ready to shine again according to Alisson
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah started the new season in scintillating form in The Reds' 4-3 win over Leeds United on Saturday. Alisson Becker believes the Egyptian forward is hungry for more success this season.
Salah scored a hat-trick, including two well-taken penalties, to help Jürgen Klopp's men see off the newly-promoted visitors and take all three points.
Liverpool didn't play great overall but Salah was one of the hugely positive points that Reds fans could take from the game.
Speaking to …
Liverpool Overcome Leeds To Start Title Defence With Win
A Mohamed Salah hattrick saw Liverpool begin their Premier League title defence with a 4-3 victory over Leeds at Anfield.
The Egyptian slotted two penalties, as well as a perfectly executed volley to add to Virgil van Dijk's towering header against Marcelo Bielsa's newly promoted Whites who equalised three times, through Jack Harrison, Patrick Bamford and Mateusz Klich.
Although looking uncharacteristically shaky at the back, the Reds -- who conceded to all three of Leeds' shots on goal -- crafted …