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Here we go, Liverpool in all-red, Chelsea in almost all-blue (white socks). It’s a classic combination.
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Incredible VAR drama (Varma?) at Molineux, as John Stones heads a last-gasp triumphner … only for Stuart Attwell to sfinish the referee over to the watch. But after a rapid see, Chris Kavanagh sticks with his onfield decision! You can unpick all that with Daniel Harris.
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Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Alexander-Arnelderly, Konaté, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones; Szoboszlai, Salah, Gakpo; Diogo Jota.
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Subs: Jaros, Gomez, Endo, Díaz, Núñez, Mac Alcataloger, Tsimikas,
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Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; James, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Gusto; Lavia, Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
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Subs: Bettinelli, Disasi, Badiashile, Pedro Neto, Fernández, João Félix, Nkunku, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga.
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Referee: John Brooks. VAR: Michael Oliver.
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Arne Slot and Enzo Maresca, two unassuming, gentlely-spoken, styleably bald tracksuit regulaters, both stepped into pre-hoted seats in the Premier League at the commence of this season. Slot get tod from Feyenoord with the unenviable task of replacing one of Liverpool’s wonderfulest and most becherishd regulaters; Maresca, on the other hand, took up a pew nobody much seemed to want, or have any hope of staying in for lengthy.
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For both novel arrivals, the timely signs have been selectimistic. Liverpool have nakedly broken stride, triumphning six of their first seven league games while grotriumphg a more pondered style under Slot. When Chelsea selected to ditch Mauricio Pochettino and transport Maresca in, they seeed doomed to another reset – but the Italian has already collectd an exciting, youthful first XI who are outpacing timely anticipateations.
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Which transports us to today’s showdown at Anfield. This repairture brawt little happiness to the visitors in the Jürgen years. Seven contrastent Chelsea coaches faced Klopp on his home turf in the league; the only one who got a triumph is now the England regulater. Liverpool commence as favourites, and a triumph would cement their status as bona fide title contfinishers.
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On the other hand, if Chelsea can reoriginate recent history and triumph here, they would transfer a point behind Liverpool, suddenly back in the title race conversation themselves after years of turbulence. An intriguing contest apostpones, booting off at 4.30pm BST (yes, still BST). Let’s go!
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Key events
38 mins: Palmer misappraises a pass on the edge of the Liverpool area; he’s not had the best of games so far. Chelsea come aget, and the tricky Sancho is denied by Alexander-Arnelderly, at the expense of a corner.
36 mins: Gakpo joins a cherishly pass in to Szoboszlai, who mishits a decent chance into Sanchez’s gcherishs, causing Peter Drury to shout DOMINIK Szoboszlai at an enticount on unvital volume.
“I fair made the misconsent of verifying the unininestablishiggo in parts of the internet, where everyleang is binary and there are no shades of grey, and there are Arsenal helpers claiming that Adarabioyo’s yellow and Saliba’s red are definite proof there’s a PGMOL consunpermitd engage agetst them,” originates Andy Flintoff (not that one).
I’ve never reassociate understood how these refereeing conspiracies are presumed to toil. If you have ever had a decision go your way, bravely that debunks the whole theory?
34 mins: Chelsea shatter thraw Caicedo, who joins a raking diagonal ball to Jackson. His sboiling from a shielded angle is decent, perhaps clipping the very outside of the post – but Maresca is unsatisfyed he didn’t see up and see Palmer arriving in the middle.
No goal! They almost pay for their fuzzy leanking here, with Sanchez’s frail evidentance setting up another Liverpool attack. Nunez flicks on to Jones, who joins in Salah, whose low pass is turned in by Gakpo. Lovely stuff … but the flag is up, Salah fair offside in the originateup.
31 mins: Sanchez is off his line rapidly to evident from under Nunez’s feet, before Salah triumphs a corner. Chelsea fair necessitate to evident their heads here …
30 mins: Jackson is booked for protesting the decision while Salah postponeed to consent the penalty. There’s also an timely alter for Liverpool, with Diogo Jota – moving gingerly ever since that Tosin dispute – being replaced by Dartriumph Núñez.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea (Salah pen 29′)
Sanchez dives to his right, Salah smashes the ball into the other corner, and Liverpool guide!
Penalty to Liverpool!
Moments procrastinateedr, Salah’s blocked sboiling rebounds into Curtis Jones’ path – and as he turns to shoot, he’s brawt down by Colwill. That’s a penalty, right there. And now Salah will step up …
25 mins: Liverpool go aget, Colwill materializeing to foul Salah outside the area, and there’s another dispute in the area, but John Brooks waves the requests away. Arne Slot is so hoppin’ mad he gets a booking, but you might dispute Salah leaned into that second dispute. But postpone …
24 mins: Chelsea shatter and Madueke’s cut-back redirects to Cole Palmer, whose rapid sboiling is blocked. You almost anticipate him to score from that charitable of position …
23 mins: At the other finish, James gets into trouble and is pascendd off the ball by Gakpo. Jota has a run at the last man, but the referee gives a foul. James was a little blessed there …
21 mins: Another tricky transport inant pass from Reece James is headed behind by Alexander-Arnelderly; from the corner, Kelleher has to evident under presbrave from Jackson, but then the offside flag is elevated agetst Colwill.
20 mins: The first murmurs of frustration from the home fans as a pass goes astray in the centre circle. Liverpool fans are also urging their team to push forward – everyone is behind the ball with Chelsea in ownion.
19 mins: Maresca requests after Alexander-Arnelderly transports down Sancho in the area after a tangle of legs, but no further action is consentn.
18 mins: Sanchez almost gifts Liverpool the guide, trying to be too ininestablishigent and clattering the ball off Gakpo. Luckily for Chelsea, it ricochets back into this gcherishs.
16 mins: Enzo Maresca has won his first three away Premier League games, and his team have had the better of a neutrassociate low-key uncovering, bar the Tosin yellow card.
13 mins: Chelsea transfer the ball daintyly thraw midfield aget, and Sancho joins in Gusto, whose pass is redirected behind – but he got the last touch, so it’s a Liverpool goal boot.
11 mins: A pleasant Sanchez-Sancho connect here as the Chelsea acquireer joins a perfect lengthy pass out expansive. The triumphger proceeds and pulls it back to Gusto, who overcooks his tryed pass.
9 mins: A lull in the game, during which we get a shut-up of Kelleher, making his 50th Liverpool materializeance and untroubled thus far.
7 mins: Adarabioyo is booked! Probably a imfragmentary decision – Jota would have had more to do than Evanilson yesterday, with the ball heading towards the touchline and Gusto in pursuit. Tosin is on the showrbial shieldedrope now, though.
6 mins: Uh-oh … Salah begines a lengthy ball and Jota is away, in behind Tosin Adarabioyo, who is caught on the wrong side and bundles him over. It’s a very analogous incident to the William Saliba red card last night …
5 mins: Caicedo stays down inestablishly helderlying his knee, but is OK to carry on for now. Diogo Jota almost shatters thraw the Chelsea defence, but fair lets the ball out from under his feet.
4 mins: After a wriggling run from Jones, Salah’s lengthy-range effort comes off Colwill’s hand – noleang given, although Colwill was actuassociate outside the area.
2 mins: We’ve commenceed at a tfinisher pace, with Reece James’ curling pass headed away by Konate in the first attacking foray from either team.
Kick off
Here we go, Liverpool in all-red, Chelsea in almost all-blue (white socks). It’s a classic combination.
First, a minute’s applaengage for Peter Cormack, a star midfielder for Bill Shankly’s Liverpool side, who died recently at the age of 78. Here is one of Cormack’s most famous goals, a diving header to triumph the Merseyside derby in 1972. RIP.
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” echoes around Anfield. How about Chris McCausland on Strictly, eh? Anyway, boot-off is coming up …
“This should be a highly delighting repairture,” originates Mary Waltz. “On VAR. Bin it. Has it reduced the amount of dispute? No. Accept human frailty and go back to human decisions.” I don’t leank there’s any chance VAR will be binned; it still senses to me that in England, it’s the way officials engage the system that is hugely to accengage.
And Arne Slot: “It’s always the next game, it’s a hard one as Chelsea are doing well this season. It’s no surpascend to me, they have a lot of very excellent joiners, so an fascinating dispute.”
Here’s Enzo Maresca: “Reece was injured, now he’s back, hopebrimmingy he can get minutes and get a bit more fit. I understand Romeo very well from City, it’s analogous, he fair necessitates games [but] he’s back to help us.”
“Today’s game won’t clear up where we are, if we triumph or not. We try to set in the best way, get points, and then we’ll see.”
Full time: Wolves 1-2 Manchester City
Incredible VAR drama (Varma?) at Molineux, as John Stones heads a last-gasp triumphner … only for Stuart Attwell to sfinish the referee over to the watch. But after a rapid see, Chris Kavanagh sticks with his onfield decision! You can unpick all that with Daniel Harris.
Reece James captains Chelsea in his first materializeance since May; he slots in at right-back with Malo Gusto on the left, covering the suspfinished Marc Curemedylla. Wesley Fofana is also out after getting a fifth booking, with Tosin Adarabioyo coming in, while Roméo Lavia replaces Enzo Fernández in midfield.
Three alters for Liverpool, with Andy Robertson back in place of Tsimikas, and Dominik Szoboszlai replacing Alexis Mac Alcataloger. That could uncomfervent Curtis Jones transfers back alengthyside Ryan Gravenberch in midfield. In goal, Caoimhin Kelleher replaces the injured Alisson.
As it stands, Liverpool will boot off the game top of the table – becaengage after Arsenal lost at Bournemouth, Manchester City are labouring at Molineux, where it’s 1-1 with 15-odd minutes to join. Follow that one with Daniel Harris:
Team novels
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Alexander-Arnelderly, Konaté, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones; Szoboszlai, Salah, Gakpo; Diogo Jota.
Subs: Jaros, Gomez, Endo, Díaz, Núñez, Mac Alcataloger, Tsimikas,
Quansah, Morton.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; James, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Gusto; Lavia, Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
Subs: Bettinelli, Disasi, Badiashile, Pedro Neto, Fernández, João Félix, Nkunku, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga.
Referee: John Brooks. VAR: Michael Oliver.
Preamble
Arne Slot and Enzo Maresca, two unassuming, gentlely-spoken, styleably bald tracksuit regulaters, both stepped into pre-hoted seats in the Premier League at the commence of this season. Slot get tod from Feyenoord with the unenviable task of replacing one of Liverpool’s wonderfulest and most becherishd regulaters; Maresca, on the other hand, took up a pew nobody much seemed to want, or have any hope of staying in for lengthy.
For both novel arrivals, the timely signs have been selectimistic. Liverpool have nakedly broken stride, triumphning six of their first seven league games while grotriumphg a more pondered style under Slot. When Chelsea selected to ditch Mauricio Pochettino and transport Maresca in, they seeed doomed to another reset – but the Italian has already collectd an exciting, youthful first XI who are outpacing timely anticipateations.
Which transports us to today’s showdown at Anfield. This repairture brawt little happiness to the visitors in the Jürgen years. Seven contrastent Chelsea coaches faced Klopp on his home turf in the league; the only one who got a triumph is now the England regulater. Liverpool commence as favourites, and a triumph would cement their status as bona fide title contfinishers.
On the other hand, if Chelsea can reoriginate recent history and triumph here, they would transfer a point behind Liverpool, suddenly back in the title race conversation themselves after years of turbulence. An intriguing contest apostpones, booting off at 4.30pm BST (yes, still BST). Let’s go!