Conte said ahead of the game that the Reds were “the worst team” to face at the moment and he was proved right as the visitors ran roughshod over the Blues defence during the opening 45 minutes at Stamford Bridge, eventually securing a well-deserved 2-1 win.
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After the brilliant start to the season, this was seen as the first big test for Chelsea and Antonio Conte.
Abramovich is now expected to provide the former Juventus manager with more funds to improve his struggling side when the transfer window re-opens in January.
It is early days, but Liverpool have already stamped their class on the league – it began with the season-opener where they defeated Arsenal away with a 3-4 scoreline. Pogba started well with a dynamic display in United’s 2-0 home win over Southampton last month, prompting Mourinho to say “I couldn’t be happier with him” after the game.
Having been completely outplayed in the first half, Chelsea briefly came out fighting after the break and pulled themselves back into the game on 61 minutes when Costa grabbed his fifth Premier League goal of the season.
The Chelsea man can operate as both a central defender as well and playing in a midfield role but made several defensive errors during his first spell in west London. It was the most hard start – do you know a more hard set of fixtures in the whole world playing away against all top teams and we now have 10 points so everything is good for the moment’. We scored the goal and created chances so for this reason I waited to make the substitutions.
Without the injured John Terry, Chelsea’s defense suffered, and a cross from Philippe Coutinho found four Liverpool players unmarked at the far post, allowing Dejan Lovren to turn past Thibaut Courtois. “We dropped a little bit back in the second half, but in the end a fully deserved win. We played a good second half”, added Conte before admitting that his team aren’t quite up to par quite yet. We’ve had a great week in training so everyone was positive.
“The second half we did well after they scored the goal, it was deeper passionate defending”.
Diego Costa put the Blues up in the first half, however Chelsea ended up 2-1 down in the second. We just have to keep it up.
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Samp striker Muriel was a threat throughout the first half and emulated his Colombian compatriot by nearly breaking the deadlock with a second-half strike that hit the woodwork.
