“We have made a good start as a team and everybody helps each other so it’s good to play alongside my team-mates”. The striker then had a great chance to level the score four minutes later, swivelling on the ball before shooting straight at Mignolet from 15 metres distance, but if Chelsea were hoping to lay siege to the visiting Liverpool goal in the closing stages, it never materialised.
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“I’m learning game by game and I think I’ll continue to get better”.
As the numbers (via OuLaLa.com) show, Henderson has improved in just about every area of his game under Klopp, with his passing, tackling, interceptions and take-ons per-match statistics all up on his previous seasons’ efforts at Liverpool.
The Chelsea midfielder and summer signing makes his first return to the King Power Stadium since leaving for £32m. Our build-up was brilliant in the first half.
After an underwhelming performance on Friday night, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has now been prodded into action.
Jurgen Klopp is in his first full season in charge, led the club to League Cup and Europa League finals last term, and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has said he sees them as a threat this time around.
Dejan Lovren opened up the scoring for Liverpool in the 17th minute of play after a quickly taken free kick that Philippe Coutinho subsequently whipped into the 18-yard box.
The 26-year-old is also showing no fear when it comes to screening his defence, registering 2.4 won tackles and 1.4 interceptions each match, conversely driving the ball at opposition players with a surprising 100% success rate.
“I don’t want that”.
“I enjoy it more”, he said, when asked about the importance of hugging his players.
Being Premier League champions, Leicester will be confident of inflicting another defeat on Chelsea on their home turf, but Begovic admits that his side are treating the game as an opportunity to bounce back from a demoralising loss to Liverpool.
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The Blues were unbeaten before they came up against Liverpool, but suffered a disappointing 2-2 draw at Swansea last weekend and Conte will be determined to buck the recent trend of negative results.
