First half we didn’t have the duels, we didn’t have the second ball, everything was for them. We never thought about anything else other than playing our football. It was very intense, very lively, very flexible, our build-up was brilliant in the first half.
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Ankle and anterior cruciate ligament injuries to John Terry and Kurt Zouma respectively mean David Luiz is likely to keep his place in Conte’s starting line-up.
Henderson killed the ball into his stride following a Gary Cahill clearance and curled a wondrous effort from 30 yards right into the top corner. We scored the goal and created chances, so, for this reason, I waited to make the substitutions.
“When you concede space to Liverpool it is very hard because their three forwards are very fast with good technique”.
“We didn’t start well”.
After the match, Blues head coach Antonio Conte said his players must “feel the danger in every single moment of the game” to avoid repeating last season’s capitulation, and Luiz – who made his first Chelsea appearance since returning from Paris Saint-Germain – agrees. We were losing 2-0 and it was hard.
Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has told Sky Sports that they played their best football of the season so far in the win over Chelsea. We want to win football games and we can not care where it is. I don’t want to repeat last season.
The Daily Star goes onto say that Conte is unhappy with the clubs inability to sign the players he wanted over the summer transfer window.
Diego Costa dragged Chelsea back into it but Liverpool held on to claim an excellent three points. Both teams had seven attempts on goal, and though the hosts might have attempted their efforts from better areas – all but one came from inside the box – Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson proved that was no barrier to his side with a stunning victor from range that picked out the very top corner of the goal.
“Are we title contenders?”
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Jurgen Klopp’s men have taken seven points from three trips to London already this season following on from an opening weekend win at Arsenal and a draw at Tottenham. My answer was: ‘Are you crazy?’ I remember it.
