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Mason Mount scored the only goal as Chelsea defeat English Premier League (EPL) champions, Liverpool on Thursday night at Anfield.
The defeat at Anfield is Liverpool’s fifth consecutive defeat at their once-heralded fortress and the first time in the club’s history.
The only goal scored by the Reds at Anfield in 2021 came from the penalty spot against Manchester City.
Liverpool had Fabinho back from a muscle injury while goalkeeper, Alisson Becker started after missing the last game due to his father’s death.
Chelsea made the better attacking moves in the opening stage and eventually scored a goal that was disallowed through Timo Werner on 26 minutes.
The German forward who regained his place in attack latched onto a long ball and poked beyond Alisson before tapping into an unguarded net but the former RB Leipzig hitman was ruled to have moved a fraction offside by VAR.
The visitors eventually took the lead on 42 minutes via a similar move and this time, it was Mason Mount who managed to pass through Fabinho, planting a curling shot into the bottom corner for a 1-0 Chelsea lead.
Mount’s goal was the 17th conceded at Anfield this season by Liverpool, one more than they had allowed in the whole of last season as they trailed at halftime.
Liverpool improved their attack at the beginning of the second half but it was Chelsea who came closer to doubling their lead.
Alisson saved Ben Chilwell’s poked shot at the near post while Hakim Ziyech’s rebound was hacked off the goal line by Andy Robertson.
Jürgen Klopp tried to re-jig attacking ideas, replacing Mohamed Salah with Diogo Jota but they could not find a way behind Chelsea’s deep defence line.
Werner unsettled Liverpool’s defence all game and he came close to scoring from an acute angle but was stopped by Alisson who made himself big, while the home side finally had a shot on target through Roberto Firmino’s tame header on 85 minutes.
😱 Liverpool’s last five matches at Anfield:
🆚 0-1 Chelsea
🆚 0-2 Everton
🆚 1-4 Man City
🆚 0-1 Brighton
🆚 0-1 Burnley
🤯 Five straight home defeats for the first time in their history pic.twitter.com/h9uBPRM7Gq
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) March 4, 2021
Chelsea held on for their first victory in five EPL meetings against Liverpool and climb back to fifth on the EPL table with 45 points from 27 matches.
Liverpool’s poor run of form, however, continues to unravel as they sit in 7th position, a point behind Chelsea.
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