Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool showed Leicester City no mercy in their last game out on September 10, thanks to two goals by Roberto Firmino in a 4-1 rout of last season’s champions. Jordan Henderson recieved the ball 30-yards from goal and found the top-right-hand corner with an unstoppable, bending effort, Courtois was once again left with no chance. “Actually, it was the same question somebody asked me here when we won 3-1, last time here against Chelsea”.
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The visitors were by far the better team in the first half and were deservedly ahead on 17 minutes.
“The most intense football is if you make a mistake and have to run in the wrong direction, as we did for their goal. We tried and played with intensity but you must play attention to details if you want to think about a good team”.
No team had scored more than Liverpool’s half-century of league goals since the turn of the year and the pace and invention of their forward thinkers had the potential to expose the hosts’ rejigged back line.
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“I don’t know this”, said the 47-year-old.
Daniel Sturridge – 5 – Seemed to have a disagreement with Klopp in the second half and went straight down the tunnel when he was subbed moments later.
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.
The Cameroon defender has impressed during the early part of the season for the Reds, starting the last two games against Tottenham and Leicester, and is expected to get the nod at Stamford Bridge. As we searched route back into the game, our play continued to be completely devoid of any quality.
The former Borussia Dortmund boss told Sky Sports: “It was satisfying, especially the first half, it was brilliant”. Everyone who plays against Chelsea knows it’s hard to play against them, they are really well organised, but we created the space and played in them.
Having stylishly beaten reigning champions Leicester City at Anfield six days ago, the Reds followed up with another enterprising display to claim a third Premier League win of the season.
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Costa had been feeding on scraps for an hour until he tucked in his fifth goal of the season from Nemanja Matic’s pull-back.
