Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool: Maresca´s side see off champions to boost top five hopes

Chelsea boosted their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a 3-1 triumph implicit champions Liverpool astatine Stamford Bridge.

Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer were connected people arsenic Enzo Maresca’s broadside consolidated their spot successful the Premier League’s apical five.

Fernandez struck aft conscionable 3 minutes, controlling Pedro Neto’s debased transverse earlier slotting past Alisson.

The Blues doubled their pb successful fortuitous manner successful the 58th minute, erstwhile Virgil van Dijk’s attempted clearance ricocheted disconnected Jarrell Quansah and into his ain net.

Van Dijk gave the Reds anticipation 5 minutes from clip erstwhile helium powered location a header from Alexis Mac Allister’s corner.

However, Chelsea enactment the contention to furniture with virtually the past footwear of the game, arsenic Cole Palmer slotted location from the punishment spot aft Quansah felled Moises Caicedo.

4 – Liverpool are lone the 4th squad to suffer their archetypal league crippled aft they were crowned Premier League champions, aft Arsenal successful 1997-98 (vs Liverpool), Chelsea successful 2005-06 (vs Blackburn), and the Reds themselves successful 2019-20 (vs Manchester City). Hungover. pic.twitter.com/GulROlAduc

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Data Debrief: Reds gaffe up arsenic Palmer ends drought

Liverpool are lone the 4th squad to suffer their archetypal league crippled aft they were crowned Premier League champions aft Arsenal successful 1997-98 (against Liverpool), Chelsea successful 2005-06 (against Blackburn) and the Reds themselves successful 2019-20 (against Manchester City).

They came unstuck against an inspired Chelsea, who person present won 7 of their past 8 league games astatine Stamford Bridge.

Fernandez got the shot rolling aft conscionable 2 minutes and 47 seconds with the Blues’ earliest league extremity connected location ungraded since Antonio Rudiger netted 14 seconds earlier against Stoke City successful December 2017.

Van Dijk gave Liverpool anticipation with his 13th headed extremity from a country successful the Premier League; a tally lone bettered by John Terry (19) and Dion Dublin (14).

However, Palmer had the last connection arsenic helium rounded disconnected an awesome display, during which helium registered the astir shots (five), astir chances created (four), joint-most passes into the last 3rd (13) and joint-most touches successful the opposing container (eight) of immoderate Chelsea player.

After 1,162 minutes, the England planetary yet recovered the nett successful the Premier League erstwhile more, arsenic helium calmly bushed Alisson from 12 yards.