Goalscorer Conor Bradley of Liverpool is challenged by Mykhaylo Mudryk of Chelsea through the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC at Anfield on January 31, 2024 in Liverpool, England.
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Twenty-year-old Conor Bradley scored his first objective for Liverpool and claimed two assists as Jurgen Klopp’s group moved 5 factors clear on the high of the Premier League desk with a 4-1 thrashing of Chelsea on Wednesday.
Diogo Jota, Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz have been additionally on the right track for Liverpool whereas Darwin Nunez did not convert a first-half spot kick in a dominant show, however the hosts have been maybe fortunate to not concede a penalty themselves with Chelsea having two robust appeals waved away.
“I don’t think you can have an outstanding team performance when the individuals don’t work together. The start was brilliant, we were really going for them,” Klopp advised the BBC. “We were outstanding, it was a top game.”
Liverpool, unbeaten at Anfield this season in all competitions, have 51 factors after 22 video games. Manchester City, who’ve a recreation in hand, are second and stage on factors with third-placed Arsenal on 46. Chelsea are tenth with 31.
Bradley grew to become the youngest Liverpool participant to each rating and help a objective in a Premier League match since Raheem Sterling, who was on the pitch for Chelsea on Wednesday, almost 10 years in the past.
“I just feel like I’m in a dream,” Bradley advised TNT Sports.
Liverpool, whose victory was their 2 hundredth beneath Klopp who introduced final week that he’ll go away on the finish of the season, performed with nice depth from the opening whistle and Chelsea struggled to get out of their very own half.
Nunez peppered Chelsea’s objective with seven pictures within the first half, however it was Jota who broke the impasse within the twenty third minute when he took a move from Bradley, bundled previous two Chelsea defenders to attain.
Bradley, who has been distinctive since incomes a beginning berth following an damage to Trent Alexander-Arnold, whipped the Anfield followers right into a frenzy within the thirty ninth minute when he hammered an angled shot into the far nook after a surging run.
“What a wonderful kid he is,” Klopp stated. “Outstanding finish, the whole game, the contribution, the involvement. It’s a job to play against Sterling, that’s not easy. I’m really happy for him… that was pretty special.”
The teen from Northern Ireland left a defender in his wake within the sixty fifth minute earlier than launching a pinpoint cross that Szoboszlai leapt to move previous Djordje Petrovic.
“We just gave everything that we had, the first 11 and the guys who came in. We showed our quality and 4-1 is a good result,” Szoboszlai advised the BBC.
“(Bradley) just put the ball on my head so I didn’t really have to do much. We are really happy to have him because he showed many times that he is ready to play.”
Christopher Nkunku pulled one again within the 71st however Liverpool’s Diaz replied eight minutes later.
Liverpool had 27 pictures to Chelsea’s 4, with 12 on the right track, a lot of them by Nunez who additionally hit the put up with a first-half penalty.
The Uruguayan grew to become the primary participant since 2003-04 to hit the woodwork 4 instances in a Premier League match.
Chelsea had two penalty appeals turned down, with each checked by VAR, the primary when Virgil van Dijk introduced down Conor Gallagher and the second when the Dutch defender appeared to kick Nkunku.
“It was bad luck for us,” Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino stated. “But that doesn’t change the feeling Liverpool were better than us.”
Source: www.thehindu.com
