N’Golo Kanté pulls one back for the Blues to make it 2-1
Chelsea vs Liverpool: N’Golo Kanté pulls one back for the Blues to make it 2-1
Summary
- Second-half: Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
- Alexander-Arnold curls home opener (14)
- VAR chalks off Azpilicueta equaliser
- Firmino heads for 0-2 (29)
- Kante solo effort for 1-2 (70)
- Mount, Kante both start
- Firmino, Henderson return
LIVERPOOL XI
CHELSEA XI
STORY OF THE MATCH
- Liverpool have won a club record 14 successive League games – only Man City have ever won more successive top division games (18 in 2017 & 15 in 2019).
- Liverpool have won only one of their last 12 PL away games v big six sides (D6, L5) – came in 2-1 win at Tottenham last season (Sept 2018).
- Excluding own goals, Chelsea are the 1st team in Premier League history to have 11 consecutive PL goals scored by players aged 21 or under.
- Tammy Abraham has scored 32 League goals since the start of last season – no Englishman has scored more in England’s top 2 tiers (7 PL, 25 CH).
