At 00:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 3, the 21st round of the Premier League began a focus battle, with Chelsea playing at home against Liverpool. In the first half, Mane took the lead, Salah extended the score, Kovacic and Pulisic chased two goals in a row; in the second half, both teams achieved nothing. In the end, Chelsea drew 2-2 with Liverpool.
In this campaign, due to well-known reasons and injury effects, both teams have a number of main players absent, and Liverpool manager Klopp is also unable to command on the spot. For Chelsea, the number one striker Lukaku has also been "hidden", he was interviewed privately in recent days, and for the situation at Chelsea, Tuchel directly kicked him out of the list.
However, all this does not prevent the two teams from contributing a wonderful game.
In the 9th minute, Jota's arcing cross from the front, Chaloba leaned over to break the mistake, Mane smiled and accepted a one-handed salute, calmly swinging open the door and pushing into the net! Liverpool lead 1-0!
In the 26th minute, Alexander-Arnold sent a precise over-the-top long pass in front of the field, and Salah broke through on the right side of the penalty area and burst into the net from a small angle! Liverpool lead 2-0!
In the 31st minute, Mount and Zimikas collided and both fell to the ground, the former got up and suspected of retaliating against Zimikas, but VAR intervened and determined that there was no foul.
In the 42nd minute, Alonso took a free kick on the right side of the penalty area, Kellech struck the ball out and Kovasic volleyed into the dead corner at the top of the arc! This extraterrestrial goal directly ignited the atmosphere of Stamford Bridge! 1-2, Chelsea pulled back a city! Kovacic's last goal was last September.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Kante picked out a pass from the outside of his foot and Pulisic single-handedly broke the net! 2-2, the two teams return to the same running line!
It is worth mentioning that this is the second time that Kante has delivered an assist in the Premier League after 10 months, and the last opponent was also Liverpool.
According to statistics, in the first half of the first four teams' civil war, both sides scored at least 2 goals, which is only the second time in the history of the Premier League, the last time occurred 24 years ago, Arsenal against Manchester United.
In the end, in this "red and blue war", the two teams each scored 1 point and suffered two rounds of no wins at the same time.
In this round, in the first four civil wars of the Premier League, Manchester City became the biggest winner, and Chelsea and Liverpool, which were dragged down by injuries and other reasons, were once again pulled apart. In the latest standings, City have thrown off second-placed Chelsea by as many as 10 points.