Liverpool are ahead at Anfield.
It was poor defensively from Chelsea. Ben Chilwell gave the ball away down the left, Liverpool countered, and Diogo Jota was somehow able to push between both Chelsea centre backs to score. Neither of them stepped up and made the tackle that was needed.
There was some luck in there too – both in how the ball bounced away from Chilwell and in the way it bounced off Benoit Badiashile’s arm back into Jota’s path.
You can see the goal in the clip embedded here:
Diogo Jota was never giving up there 💥
Jota gets a bit of luck to squeeze through two Chelsea defenders and smashes the ball home to give Liverpool the lead 🔴 pic.twitter.com/SPTDEYrhcH
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 31, 2024
[Footage from TNT Sport]
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[Footage from Viaplay Sport]
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[Footage from Bein Sport]
Diogo Jota surges forward and finishes to give Liverpool the lead! 💥
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— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) January 31, 2024
[Footage from Peacock Sport]
Good evening it not about the defense the entire team us not playing well the midfield is being torn apart by Liverpool it’s so unfortunate it should have been 3up , I’m totally disappointed in this team,poh has no tacticality you can see that tactically we are not well sound!
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