Liverpool showed they're here to stay in title race as Arne Slot passes Chelsea test

LIVERPOOL 2-1 CHELSEA: Arne Slot made it 7 wins from 8 successful the league, passing a large trial against Chelsea aft starting the play with a affable fixture list

Arne Slot volition present conflict to support a lid connected Liverpool’s rubric aspirations.

This was comfortably Liverpool’s biggest trial this play due to the fact that the Premier League’s fixture machine has fixed Slot 1 hellhole of a welcoming present. And if this was their archetypal large test, past Liverpool passed it with a hard-fought win which shows they person resilience and determination to lucifer their attacking brilliance.

They besides did it courtesy of a superb man-of-the-match midfield show by Curtis Jones who took his accidental by scoring, winning a punishment and covering each leaf of grass. Jones said successful the summertime that helium wanted to clasp the situation of holding down a spot successful Slot’s starting XI and this was a large connection from the section hero.

It was scrappy astatine times as, erstwhile again, much refereeing and VAR controversies threatened to spoil a bully crippled of football. You tin beryllium definite that we volition not beryllium talking astir the modular of officials successful this week’s European fixtures successful the mode that we are doing aft each Premier League play astatine the moment.

Liverpool had 1 penalty, different was chalked disconnected by VAR which past proceeded to miss a immense outcry from Chelsea portion we had to hold an eternity for an offside cheque earlier Nicolas Jackson’s extremity was allowed to stand. Best league successful the world? Players, managers and, astir importantly, the fans bash not look to hold that the Premier League boasts the referees to match.

The archetypal fractional was a cracker, the 2nd fractional became atrocious tempered but the immense roar astatine the last whistle told its ain communicative of however overmuch this effect meant to Liverpool. Slot has present won 7 of his archetypal 8 Premier League games and the modulation from Jurgen Klopp has been seamless which is the biggest imaginable compliment to the caller Liverpool boss.

But you besides person to praise Enzo Maresca for the occupation helium is softly doing astatine Chelsea because, though this was their 2nd decision of the season, they were competitory and, successful fairness, were missing cardinal defenders successful Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana. Maresca is getting the champion retired of Moises Caicedo and they could easy person snatched a constituent astatine Anfield arsenic Chelsea are opening to look much similar their aged selves.

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The quality was often Liverpool’s gait and their quality to get behind. Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo was a small fortunate to flight with a yellowish paper erstwhile Diogo Jota threatened to spell cleanable through. Jota ne'er recovered and went disconnected injured earlier fractional time.

Chelsea were fantabulous successful the archetypal 20 minutes but conceded a punishment conscionable earlier the fractional hr mark. Levi Colwill conscionable clipped Jones and, portion it was soft, determination was capable contact. Mo Salah smashed location and has present scored 162 Premier League goals which makes him associated ninth with Jermain Defoe successful the each clip charts.

Chelsea appealed for a punishment erstwhile Trent Alexander-Arnold tripped Jadon Sancho. It looked a large outcry but was not given. Then referee John Brooks gave Liverpool different punishment erstwhile Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez wiped retired Jones. It could person gone either mode but Brooks was sent to the VAR screen, changed his caput and it seems the memo astir going with on-field decisions has been ditched.

Chelsea levelled aft 48 minutes erstwhile Caicedo’s tally and done shot released Jackson who slotted home. The emblem went up but VAR yet overruled the determination and it was crippled on.

But Liverpool regained the pb conscionable 3 minutes later. Salah’s heavy transverse recovered Jones astatine the backmost station and the Liverpool midfielder produced a beauteous portion of accomplishment to power his feet, measurement wrong Sanchez and past slot home.

Chelsea pressed for different equaliser each the mode into wounded clip but Liverpool held steadfast and that conscionable proves they are present to enactment successful this rubric race.

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