Liverpool 2 – 0 Chelsea: Anfield on fire

And this could be the turning point of the season when Liverpool is desperate for 3 points to keep their hopes of competing for the championship with Man City. As for Chelsea, they are also full of determination to bring home 3 points to maintain their advantage in the race for the top 4. That alone is enough to see the heat of the Super Sunday match in this round.

With home advantage and high determination, Liverpool entered the match confidently and increased the speed of attack right from the opening whistle. In the 5th minute of the match, M. Salah had the opportunity to test the skills of Chelsea's goalkeeper. However, his volley could not defeat goalkeeper Kepa.

Mohamed Salah had a great performance in Liverpool's victory over Chelsea. Photo: Getty

In the following minutes, Liverpool continued to take the initiative on the field and forced Chelsea to pull their formation quite low to defend, and accept the lurking style of play waiting for the opportunity to counterattack. With this style of play, the team from London also threatened goalkeeper Alisson's goal a few times, including the counterattack in the 19th minute when Hazard dribbled at speed on the left wing, then penetrated the penalty area and fired a powerful shot into a tight angle, but Alisson still controlled the situation.

After more than 20 minutes of being pressured and having to defend against Liverpool's relentless attacks, Chelsea finally gradually regained control of the game, controlled the ball more and began to balance the game with potentially dangerous attacks on the home team's goal.

In the 30th minute of the match, the score almost opened for Chelsea when Willian dribbled the ball at speed from midfield to the edge of the penalty area and fired a decisive shot that missed the post by a hair's breadth.

At the end of the first half, no goals were scored, the two teams played tit for tat. To be fair, Liverpool were still the team with more dangerous situations. However, the excellence of goalkeeper Kepa saved Chelsea from conceding goals in a few one-on-one situations. For Chelsea, the attacking situations mainly relied on the breakthroughs of Eden Hazard and Willian.

Eden Hazard (blue shirt) could not help Chelsea win against Liverpool. Getty photo

Entering the second half, Liverpool was still the team controlling the game, Chelsea was still loyal to the defensive counter-attacking style of play. However, Chelsea's defense only held firm for 5 minutes.

In the 50th minute of the match, Salah dribbled skillfully on the right wing, then passed to Henderson. The Liverpool captain had a cross that seemed to be set for Mane in an unmarked position, who jumped high and headed the ball past goalkeeper Kepa, 1 - 0 for Liverpool.

With the goal to break the deadlock, Liverpool players showed a completely different face compared to the first half. Just 3 minutes after Mane opened the score, Egyptian star M. Salah dribbled on the right wing, turned inside and fired a beautiful left-footed shot that left goalkeeper Kepa helpless. The score was 2 - 0 for Liverpool.

Chelsea also had a chance to shorten the gap when in the 59th minute of the match, from a long pass over the line by Jorginho, Hazard successfully broke the offside trap but the Belgian player's shot hit the Liverpool post.

Leading by 2 goals, Liverpool continued to win, M. Salah had a chance to score a double in the 68th minute of the match when he shot hard in the penalty area, but Kepa was still the winner, a very good match for the Egyptian star and Liverpool when the "Red Brigade" completely overwhelmed "The Blues" in the second half. Only with luck and the excellence of goalkeeper Kepa, Chelsea did not concede another goal against the constant threat and bombardment of Liverpool players.

Closing the match at Anfield, Liverpool won 2-0 against Chelsea and reclaimed the top spot from Man City. Thereby, there is a full chance of winning the title this season when Liverpool's opponents in the remaining rounds are not highly rated.

For Chelsea, defeat to Liverpool means losing 3rd place to Tottenham and falling to 4th place in the rankings, and only 2 points ahead of 5th place Man Utd.

Goal scorer:

Liverpool:

Mane (51'), Salah (53')

Line-up:

Liverpool:Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Henderson (Milner 77'), Fabinho, Keita (Wijnaldum 66'), Mane, Firmino, Salah (Shaqiri 89').

Chelsea:Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger (Christensen 40'), Luiz, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek (Barkley 75'), Hudson-Odoi (Higuain 56'), Willian, Hazard.

Other match results:

Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Man City.

Thanh Vinh