On January 3, Beijing time, the 21st round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle, with Chelsea sitting at home to meet Liverpool. In the first half, Liverpool first scored goals from Mane and Salah to take a 2-0 away lead, but before half-time, Mateo Kovacic scored a world wave, and then Pulisic scored a one-handed shot. In the second half, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but both sides failed to achieve success, and the final match ended at 2-2.
Before the game, Chelsea was ahead of Liverpool by a one-point advantage, so this battle is extremely interesting, Chelsea and Liverpool seem to have not been ideal in recent matches, the Blues have only won 1 in the last 4 rounds of the battle, while Liverpool have not won two rounds.
Lukaku made inappropriate remarks in the previous interview and publicly criticized Tuchel for being punished by the team and failing to appear in the list of matches against Liverpool. In addition to this, Chelsea's backline is a number of people who have to be absent due to injury, namely Chilwell, Christensen, Rees James, And cheek.
Liverpool, on the other hand, are also plagued by serious injuries and have also been affected by the epidemic. Robertson was suspended for a red card, suspected that Ermino and Matip did not qualify for this battle because of the new crown, Takushi Minamino, Origi, and Thiago were absent due to injuries, and even the head coach Klopp was unable to command due to the confirmed new crown infection.
In the first half, in the 9th minute, Chaloba's header was wrong, Mane dribbled past Mendy and pushed an empty goal to easily break the goal, and Liverpool took the lead to break the deadlock and take a 1-0 lead. In the 26th minute, Alexander-Arnold sent a long pass over the top, Salah stopped the ball with his right foot and burst into the box to get rid of Alonso, facing Mendy with a small angle push, Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea.
In the 42nd minute, Alonso's free-kick from the right went straight into the goal, and after Kelleher saved it, Kovacic volleyed into the air at the top of the arc and fired a world wave, and Chelsea pulled back a point. In the first minute of halftime stoppage time, N'Golo Kante provided a brilliant assist in front of him, Pulisic scored with a one-handed burst in front of him, and Chelsea equalized 2-2.
Although the two sides did not achieve anything in the second half, it is worth mentioning that Chelsea goalkeeper Eduard Mendy saved Salah and Mane's shots in succession in one minute, successfully blocking Liverpool's threatening attack.
After the game, both sides took one point each, and the Blues still ranked second in the Premier League table with 43 points, but Chelsea and the leaders Manchester City had a 10-point difference, while Liverpool were temporarily in third place with 42 points.