The first instalment of Chelsea’s double-header with Liverpool may lack the significance of the Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge on Saturday but the value of victory will not be lost on Maurizio Sarri. His team halted Liverpool’s winning run with a devastating late flourish at Anfield, Eden Hazard delivering a place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup in superb style.
Hazard struck an 85th-minute winner for the visitors after beating four Liverpool players before finding the far corner of Simon Mignolet’s goal. Jürgen Klopp’s changed team were not guilty of failing to seize their opportunities. They simply lacked the defensive authority that Virgil van Dijk and Alisson bring to the team and paid a heavy price.
Written by Andy Hunter at Anfield
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/26/liverpool-chelsea-carabao-cup-match-report under the title “Chelsea’s Eden Hazard fires spectacular winner to knock out Liverpool”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
