Liverpool continued their wonderful begin to the Premier League marketing campaign with a 2-1 win over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday night.
Manchester Metropolis celebrated a last-gasp win towards Wolverhampton Wanderers on the Molineux Stadium earlier on Sunday and the onus was on Liverpool to reply with a victory to return to the highest of the desk.
The Merseyside giants did the identical with an admirable efficiency. Chelsea had the bigger share of possession, however the Reds have been more practical within the ultimate third, selecting up their seventh league win of the season.
Mohamed Salah broke the impasse for the hosts from the penalty spot. Nicolas Jackson levelled the scores shortly after the break for Chelsea, however Curtis Jones put the Reds forward throughout the area of three minutes.
Chelsea pushed for the equaliser for the remainder of the sport, however the Reds managed to carry on to their benefit.
Jones made his 2nd straight begin for the Anfield heavyweights and he produced a unbelievable show. The membership graduate accomplished 90% passes with 6 recoveries, 6 duels received & 2 profitable tackles, as per Fotmob.
Undroppable
The 23-year-old began the marketing campaign on the bench with supervisor Arne Slot preferring to begin Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister in midfield with Dominik Szoboszlai from the no.10 place.
Towards Crystal Palace, Jones was picked to begin within the attacking midfield position forward of Szoboszlai. He stored his place versus Chelsea yesterday as Mac Allister was carrying a minor sickness after worldwide obligation.
After his stand-out show, Slot is unlikely to drop him from the beginning plans within the close to future. Szoboszlai was largely ineffective on Sunday and he might make strategy to facilitate Mac Allister’s return to the line-up.
Slot has exceeded expectations in his maiden managerial season with Liverpool. The Reds are wanting real challengers for the league title in the meanwhile and might’t get complacent with robust fixtures developing.
The membership face RB Leipzig within the Champions League on the highway on Wednesday night earlier than going through Arsenal away within the top-flight. In the event that they have been to beat each, the boldness ought to solely enhance throughout the squad.
