Chelsea’s 6-game losing streak ends as Blues battle to a draw at Liverpool
There was frustration at Anfield as Liverpool drew 1-1 with a visiting Chelsea side who ended their six-game losing streak.
Liverpool had the perfect start when Ryan Gravenberch curled the ball high into the net from distance, but the mood soon soured as Arne Slot’s side surrendered the initiative.
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Chelsea’s leveller looked likely long before it came via Enzo Fernández’s free-kick.
Disallowed goal
Wesley Fofana got the slightest of touches, and Chelsea, led by interim head coach Calum McFarlane, grew in confidence thereafter.
A returning Giorgi Mamardashvili, who was part of the team’s pre-match injury positive update, saved from Fernandez. Chelsea finished the first half with 16 touches in the box to Liverpool’s four.
The right side of Liverpool’s defence was an obvious weakness, with Curtis Jones struggling to cope with the movement of Marc Cucurella, and the Reds were fortunate that the full-back strayed offside in the build-up to fashioning a disallowed goal for Cole Palmer.
Slot booed
Jones had a header ruled out at the other end, and the mood was summed up when the Kop booed the call to take off Rio Ngumoha. Liverpool did then hit the frame of the goal twice through Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk but could not find a winner.
The draw sees Liverpool stay fourth as they edge closer to Champions League qualification, but Slot still under pressure.
In a recent criticism of the Dutchman, Carragher questioned a lack of identity within the Liverpool team, a facet he termed as a huge departure from what Jürgen Klopp has painstakingly worked to establish.
“Am I worried about where Liverpool are going? Yeah, I am.
Interesting times
“I think it will be really interesting to see who Liverpool buys in the summer and what the profile of the player will be. Going for just good players hasn’t worked; it’s blown up in their face. There’s a lack of physicality.
Chelsea remain ninth with lots of work still to do to qualify for any European competition through their Premier League position.
