Revenge
was in the air surrounding Anfield today before the match and when Emre Can’s
shot deflected past Thibaut Courtois, it was thought that Liverpool might have their
lucky days back. However, the moment Chelsea got the equalizer, there was only
going to be one winner in Liverpool. As Brendan Rodgers tactics were questioned
by Liverpool supporters as they booed his tactic involving Liverpool’s first
substitution, Mourinho again played a master-class.
Here
are the 5 things we learnt:-
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Premier League Highlights: Liverpool 1 – 2 Chelsea
Liverpool can’t defend:
Although
Rodgers claimed that his defense isn’t as worse as people claim it to be, the
end of the week suggested it was even worse than that. With Mignolet made the
save of Chelsea header that eventually led to the goal, the Belgian hoped his
defenders world slam it away. However, as the score-line at the end suggested,
days of Sami Hyppia and Jamie Carragher seems ages away from the current
Liverpool defense.
Mind the gap, Liverpool:
Although
we didn’t witness the touch line celebration that Mourinho made last season,
still this win was more important than the previous one at Anfield. Defeating
Liverpool in this form isn’t a miracle, still 16 points gap from last season’s
runners up with just 11 games into the new season shows the path Liverpool have
adapted after Luis Suarez departure and Dnaiel Sturridge's injury.
Answer needs to come forth:
After
struggling at Madrid with a team whom even a League one side might thought they
have a chance to get something from, Brendan Rodgers needs to raise the bar for
Chelsea game. However, as the final whistle suggested, only the stakes were
raised and the bar of Liverpool game dropped even low. As a result come end of
this day, they might find themselves at the opposite end of table if results go
opposite their way,
Mario Balotelli is naïve:
When
Mario Balotelli was dropped against Madrid in mid-week, it was thought that
this would epitomize his hunger to turn his Liverpool career around. However, when he was substituted against Chelsea today, it became a writing on the wall
that the striker is naïve, not only to the criticism, but also to the sharpness
any good striker will show in-front of goal. Having been offside 5 times in
total, he seems to be a boy stranded in grown-ups
Quantity over quality: Liverpool
don’t seem to take advantage of the latter!
When
Suarez departed for Barcelona in the summer, Rodgers envisaged his plan of
replacing quality with quantity as he claimed not may in the budget of
Liverpool football club would replace the 31 time goal scorer of last season.
But today’s match epitomized a different picture. While Henderson and Balotelli
was out of their grooves for the whole match, nothing forced Rodgers to change
the game-plan as Liverpool’s 1st substitution came on the 68th minute before
which, Chelsea had already scored a goal which proved to be the winner. So even
though it wasn’t too little as Rodgers used his 3 substitutions quota, it was
TOO LATE for the Northern Irishman.
Diego
Costa is a beast: in good terms!
While
you can agonize him, make him to fight with you and certainly infuriate him
with nothing, you cannot stop the goal-scoring form of the Spanish forward.
After engaging in fights the whole match with Martin Skrtel, his goal which
proved to be the winner declared who really the winner was today at Anfield.
drop balo for next bpl game and bring borini!
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