“I got a lot of messages before the game and not all of them were nice,” said Klopp after the game: “I think Arsène Wenger lost his 1000th game 6-0, I’m really glad that didn’t happen.”
The tabular midfield duel between the ninth from Liverpool and the Blues from London started rapidly. After just three minutes, Kai Havertz shot a shot over the line after Thiago Silva had previously sent the ball to the left post (3′).
The goal was withdrawn by referee Michael Oliver after intervention by VARs due to an offside position. Havertz’ toe was just in the forbidden zone.
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BEFORE AN HOUR
The guests from London belonged to the first half hour, the LFC struggled. In the 22nd minute, the ball came through Havertz and Mason Mount to young Lewis Hall, who shot wide from the left of the penalty area and missed the far post (22′).
Ten minutes after that chance, a free-kick from Hakim Ziyech slipped out of left-field to Benoit Badiashile, who was lurking at the far post. The Frenchman headed against Alisson’s direction of travel, but Alisson was able to parry (32′).
Meanwhile, Liverpool again lacked penetrating power. Cody Gakpo (20th) and Mohamed Salah (45th + 1) made an effort, but their shots clearly lacked accuracy. It was 0-0 at the break.
Mykhailo Mudryk caused quite a stir on his debut
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The home side came out of the dressing room with steam and put the Blues under a lot of pressure at the beginning of the second half. First, Thiago Silva blocked a direct acceptance by Naby Keita (49′), a minute later Gakpo missed the goal with a header (50′).
It was 15 minutes before Chelsea could breathe again. After a fine solo through half the penalty area, Ziyech finished but aimed his left-footed shot a little too high (60′). Five minutes earlier, Graham Potter had replaced Mykhaylo Mudryk, Chelsea’s king’s signing.
The 80 million man should liven up the game of the blues directly. In the 64th, Mudryk played a one-two with Conor Gallagher in the penalty area, let several opponents get out in a confined space and put the ball on the side netting (64th). James Milner was completely overwhelmed by the Ukrainian and was quickly substituted after his yellow card (66th).
In the final phase, substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold still had the chance to make it 1-0 with a direct ambush, but passed the ball over it (83′).
The tweet about the game:
The anniversary of the day: Jürgen Klopp played his 1000th game as a coach against Chelsea – congratulations!
That was noticeable: Liverpool keeps the zero again
Like during the week in the cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool did without the high pressing that has been characteristic for years. The hosts let the opponent come, but were sometimes a little too deep.
Nevertheless, the Reds’ defense, which still has to do without defensive chief Virgil van Dijk, presented itself significantly improved compared to the last appearances in the league. There were three goals against Brentford and Brighton recently.
After Tuesday’s 1-0 win against Wolves, the 0-0 win against Chelsea is the second game in a row without conceding a goal. Now it has to be stopped in the storm.
The statistics: six hours, no goals
Liverpool and Chelsea haven’t scored a single goal in their last three meetings. In the FA Cup and League Cup, after 120 goalless minutes, the decision was only made on penalties, and the two rivals now drew 0-0 again.
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