In three trips to the capital in the first five rounds of the English Premier League, Liverpool is still unbeaten after comfortably accounting for Chelsea 2-1 on Friday. Especially the start – the first 35 minutes – they were well deserved goals.
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Away games at Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and Burnley have seen the Reds take seven points from a possible 12, with only the defeat to Burnley spoiling a very good start to the term.
“We feel on a good way, but we have to prove it”. Liverpool have now beaten Arsenal, Leicester City and Chelsea away, and drawn at Tottenham. First, it was a world-class finish from center back Dejan Lovren off a Coutinho assist that put them in the lead.
“We have so many players here on the bench that can make a difference, we have a brilliant squad, the 25 players here, even those in the stand are top players”.
Speaking after the defeat – his first since arriving at the Bridge – Conte was heavily critical of his side’s defending, and demanded they pay more attention in the future. “We played football like hell”. “After their goal, we managed it well”.
The Brazil worldwide, who left Chelsea for Paris Saint-Germain in 2014, was re-signed by the Stamford Bridge outfit on a three-year deal in the summer.
Conte said: “I don’t want to repeat a bad season like past year”.
“It was nice, really nice”, was Klopp’s verdict on the goal.
Diego Costa pulled one back for Chelsea in the 61st minute, but they failed to register a shot on target after the Spain worldwide fired straight at Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet four minutes later.
“I enjoy it more”, he said, when asked about the importance of hugging his players. When you make a mistake and don’t pay attention, particularly from the free-kick, you pay’. “The spirit is really, around the club, perfect, so we just need to keep working stronger and stronger”. We’re acting like a team.
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But despite Conte sending on Cesc Fabregas, Victor Moses and Pedro, it was Liverpool who came closest to scoring again, substitute Divock Origi’s header drawing a fine goal-line stop from Courtois. “In the last 10 minutes, I changed three players to try to give freshness and change the result”.
