CHELSEA Hosted Liverpool At Stamford Bridge For A Premier League Matchday One Fixture On Sunday. The Match Ended 1-1, Now The Seventh Consecutive Clash Between These Two Teams To End In A Stalemate. After A Week Of Battling To Land The Signing Of Brighton Midfielder Moises Caicedo For A Premier League Record Transfer Fee, Both Chelsea And Liverpool's Need For The Ecuadorian Was Exposed In An Explosive Encounter.
Liverpool's Bright Start Was Rewarded When Luis
Diaz Prodded Home The Opening Goal, But Debutant Axel Disasi Earned Chelsea Boss Mauricio Pochettino A Point On His First Game In Charge.
The American Executives
Of Both Clubs Were In Attendance At Stamford Bridge Ahead Of
An Intense Few Days Of
Negotiations After Liverpool
Had A £110 Million Offer Accepted For Caicedo, Only For The Player
To Remain Keen On A Move To Chelsea Instead.
After His Defensive
Midfield Options Were Gutted By The Departures Of Jordan Henderson And Fabinho To Saudi Arabia, Jurgen
Klopp Named An Offensive Front Six With
New Signings Alexis Mac Allister And Dominik Szoboszlai Alongside Cody Gakpo In Midfield.
Liverpool Settled The Better And Mohamed Salah Was Inches Away
From Opening The Scoring When He Rattled
The Crossbar On 12 Minutes. Salah Was Involved When The Reds Did Take The Lead Six Minutes Later
With A Brilliant Cross That Diaz Prodded
Home At The Back Post.
The Egyptian's Record
Of Scoring On The Opening Weekend Every Year Of His Liverpool Career Came To An
End, But Only Due To A VAR Review
That Ruled Out A Slick Finish That Would Have Made It 2-0. However, The Momentum Of The Game Swung After Disasi
Bundled Home Chelsea's Equaliser.
Seconds Later Ben Chilwell Thought He Had Turned The Game
On Its Head, Only For VAR To This
Time Ride To Liverpool's Rescue For Offside. Chances Continued To
Come And Go At Both Ends, But A Seventh
Consecutive Clash Between The Sides Ended In A Draw.