“When they came under the cosh a little bit in the second half Liverpool he stood firm and it was a brilliant performance from him and from Liverpool”. We just have to keep it up. We stopped playing how we needed at some points and Chelsea got back into it.
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Poor marking from the home side saw Dejan Lovren tap in from close range, before Jordan Henderson hit a powerful drive that dipped under Thibaut Courtois’ crossbar.
“I told the lads before the game, everything can happen, there’s no guarantee of getting anything at Chelsea, but if we lose our way, the probability we get something, if we are really convinced about the kind of play it is bigger”.
Into the second-half and Chelsea showed signs of improvement without really troubling the Liverpool defence.
The goal should have given the hosts a lease of life, but it was Liverpool that regained control by slowing the game down and keeping possession shrewdly.
When Antonio Conte turned on his heals to berate his team in the Chelsea dugout on Friday, he needed only one word to describe its play against Liverpool.
David Luiz made his first Chelsea appearance since finalising a deadline-day return from Paris Saint-Germain in Terry’s absence, but after the match head coach Antonio Conte admitted that his team had missed the 35-year-old’s organisational qualities in the build up to both Liverpool goals. “We took a player with a great personality, good technique and who likes to play”. We were brilliant to watch in the first half. That was such a bad season, and I don’t want to repeat it. We have to pay attention in all situations and sometimes we don’t feel the danger.
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The Russian billionaire reportedly held talks with Chelsea executives late into the night following the limp loss to Jurgen Klopp’s Reds, who in truth looked by far the better team, much to Abramovich’s frustration. Now, it’s not enough. “These are tough games, and I think you must pay attention in every moment, in every minute, in every second of the game because the details make the difference”. Because this is not the first time this has happened. After last weekend’s draw with Swansea, a positive result was of the utmost priority in order to tackle the upcoming big games against Leicester City, Arsenal, and Manchester United. Everybody said we could take the risk, but I heard the word risk too often and so said, no, we cant take it – Roberto is out.
