Liverpool suffered a fifth successive competitive home defeat for the first time in their history as Chelsea made it 10 games unbeaten under new manager Thomas Tuchel with victory at Anfield.
Mason Mount’s superb individual strike three minutes before half-time gave the visitors a deserved win and moved them into the top four, while Liverpool are now in seventh place and in a serious dogfight for the Champions League places.
Mount scored brilliantly when he cut inside to fire a low shot past Liverpool keeper Alisson, reward for a first half dominated by the Blues, who also had a Timo Werner effort ruled out for offside.
Liverpool, for whom a visibly angry Mohamed Salah was substituted just after the hour, barely threatened but were furious when penalty claims were rejected by the video assistant referee after Roberto Firmino’s cross clearly struck N’Golo Kante’s hand.
Alisson had to save well from the lively Werner but one goal was enough to give Chelsea and Tuchel another fine victory as they move four points ahead of the Reds.
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Liverpool
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Squad number7Player nameMilner -
Squad number15Player nameOxlade-Chamberlain -
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
Chelsea
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Squad number16Player nameMendy
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
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Squad number4Player nameChristensen
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Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
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Squad number24Player nameJames
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Squad number7Player nameKanté
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
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Squad number21Player nameChilwell
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Squad number22Player nameZiyech
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Squad number19Player nameMount
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Squad number11Player nameWerner
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number17Player nameKovacic
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 3Fabinho
- 19Kabak
- 26Robertson
- 6Thiago AlcántaraSubstituted forMilnerat 80′minutes
- 5Wijnaldum
- 17JonesSubstituted forJotaat 62′minutes
- 11SalahSubstituted forOxlade-Chamberlainat 62′minutes
- 9Firmino
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 7Milner
- 8Keita
- 13Adrián
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 20Jota
- 23Shaqiri
- 27Origi
- 46R Williams
- 76N Williams
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 16Mendy
- 28Azpilicueta
- 4Christensen
- 2Rüdiger
- 24James
- 7Kanté
- 5Jorginho
- 21Chilwell
- 22ZiyechSubstituted forPulisicat 66′minutes
- 19MountSubstituted forKovacicat 81′minutes
- 11WernerSubstituted forHavertzat 90+1′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 3Alonso
- 10Pulisic
- 15Zouma
- 17Kovacic
- 18Giroud
- 20Hudson-Odoi
- 29Havertz
- 33Emerson
Live Text
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Match ends, Liverpool 0, Chelsea 1.
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Second Half ends, Liverpool 0, Chelsea 1.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Timo Werner.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
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Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea).
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Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
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Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
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Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces Mason Mount.
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Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Thiago.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alisson.
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Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mason Mount.
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Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
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Jorginho (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jorginho.
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Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
