Today we played football like hell. “Especially the first half, we played I think the best football this season”, the defender said.
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“When we take the decision about the players, we always take the decision together – me and the club”, Conte said.
The 47-year-old added that Chelsea also failed to take advantage of other scoring opportunities that presented themselves during the game. He accepted a poor clearance from Chelsea on the left side of the box, had time to sight the goal, and unleashed a dipping shot into the top right corner.
Two first-half goals from Dejan Lovren and Jordan Henderson were enough to sink the Blues at Stamford Bridge, despite mounting pressure from the home side after Diego Costa pegged one back in the second half.
“When you give away two goals in this way, it’s very hard”.
“Chelsea is a great team, but we must show this in every single game, to pay attention and be focused”.
“We paid a lot”. Liverpool, more energetic and inventive, was 2-0 up in about half an hour and controlled proceedings for an hour. But after we conceded (the Costa goal) I can’t remember any big chance for Chelsea. Last season was a bad season and I don’t want to repeat it. When you finish in 10th place it’s something unusual, it’s not natural or simple. I never thought about anything else than playing our normal game.
Nemanja Matic, anonymous in the first half, did brilliantly to carry the ball to the byline and pull back for Costa to sidefoot past Simon Mignolet and wake the home crowd.
Despite their tough start, Liverpool have already notched 11 goals, including four against both Arsenal and Leicester, and Lovren says the team is set up to attack.
Klopp may have got carried away with his side’s first-half display, but he was not making the same mistake about his side’s prospects this season.
‘We have quite a good record against top flight teams.
“You still wonder whether he suits anything about Jurgen Klopp, I don’t think he does”.
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“I’m really not interested”, he told a reporter in the Stamford Bridge press conference room when asked about Liverpool’s title prospects. “We knew it would be hard as Chelsea are a good side but I thought we defended well and deserved the three points”. “We just have to do it every week, or every three days”.
