HALF-TIMEpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2022
Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
Don't ever end this football match. Ever.
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FT: Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool - Mane with opener, superb Salah goal for second
Remarkable Kovacic volley gets Chelsea back in contention, Pulisic levels before half-time
Chelsea stay second, 10 points behind Man City, Liverpool a point further back
Stamford Bridge becomes first Premier League ground to operate safe standing
FT: Brentford 2-1 Aston Villa - Ings with opener, Wissa & Mads Roerslev for turnaround
FT: Everton 2-3 Brighton - Mac Allister strokes in for lead, Burn adds header; Gordon goals either side of another Mac Allister strike
FT: Leeds 2-1 Burnley - Harrison before half-time, sub Cornet levels with free-kick, Dallas restores lead & James adds third
Clarets' Lowton struck by bottle from home end
HALF-TIMEpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2022
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea on the marchpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2022
Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Stamford BridgeWhat a response from Chelsea. They looked down and out a few minutes ago but that brilliant volley by Mateo Kovacic has lit the spark. What a game we have now.
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Lance Adeola: Sloppy, sloppy Liverpool players. So complacent!
Jay B: Oh dear, Virgil van Dijk is looking like Dejan Lovren.
Saidmadrid: Chelsea right back in it. In two minutes Liverpool have blown away their advantage. Unforgivable.
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Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
James Milner chips it over to Sadio Mane. Thiago Silva just about deals with it.
Jordan Henderson fires it across the edge of the box. Hastily cleared.
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WHAT IS GOING ON!published at 45+2 mins
Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
Right. I can't keep up. Chaos.
Mohamed Salah is almost clean through at one end. Chelsea then counter and Mason Mount's scuffed volley rolls agonisingly past the left post!!!
'No mistake this time'published at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2022
Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
Karen Carney
Former Arsenal midfielder on BBC Radio 5 LivePulisic missed an earlier opportunity but he's made amends with the finish.
We talk about that ball in behind all the time. Pulisic was on to it and this time he makes no mistake.
GOAL - Chelsea 2-2 Liverpoolpublished at 45 mins
Christian Pulisic
This game is wild!!!
Stamford Bridge has gone berzerk.
N'Golo Kante flicks it past Ibrahima Konate, Christian Pulisic is in and he lifts it over the keeper and into the net.
Chelsea are right back in this with seconds to go until the break.
Image source, Getty Images'What a finish'published at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2022
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
Karen Carney
Former Arsenal midfielder on BBC Radio 5 LiveKelleher has done brilliantly to get it away, but it comes out to Kovacic and what a finish.
He's having to step back as well, which makes it even more impressive.
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Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
There's a VAR check for offside but it comes to nothing.
Phew, that would have been a travesty! Goal of the season contender. One for MOTD.
GOAL - Chelsea 1-2 Liverpoolpublished at 41 mins
Mateo Kovacic
OH HELLO.
It's a worldie. An absolute worldie from Mateo Kovacic.
Marcos Alonso goes for goal. Caoimhin Kelleher punches it away and it's a decent one.
Kovacic is outside the box, volleys it and it's in the bottom right corner, hits the inside of the post and ripples the back netting.
Wow.
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Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Kai Havertz is slipped in on the right. He knocks it past Sadio Mane, then James Milner gives away a sloppy free-kick.
Chance for Chelsea here?
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Katvik: What really worries me is that something is very wrong about this Chelsea team now. They increasingly start to resemble the Lampard team right before the end. Zero belief, zero creativity, keep conceding incredibly stupid goals. Most players stopped performing.
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Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk pokes it away to a team-mate before Kai Havertz comes rushing in and clips him.
The Chelsea players are getting slightly frustrated. Liverpool are 2-0 up without having controlled it.
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Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Trevoh Chalobah gets the better of Diogo Jota here too as he chases a ball in behind on the left.
'Chalobah was unreal'published at 17:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2022
Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Karen Carney
Former Arsenal midfielder on BBC Radio 5 LiveTrevoh Chalobah was unreal there. Mo Salah has two options, but Chalobah holds his ground so he can only go one way.
Otherwise that would have been 3-0.
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Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
The Liverpool fans are LOUD at Stamford Bridge.
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The ruthless finishing of Salah the difference here. I wonder if Tuchel is beginning to regret not starting his own ruthless finisher...
Daniel Liverpool
Bring back Lampard?
Chris
CLOSE!published at 37 mins
Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Trent Alexander-Arnold plays another excellent ball through to Mohamed Salah. Liverpool have a three-on-two at the back, they're all onside too. Salah goes by himself and can't quite get the shot off. It's well defended in the end. That was a big chance!
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Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
N'Golo Kante tries to poke it through to Kai Havertz. Ibrahima Konate is in the way.
It's settled down a little now. Liverpool look less open at the back.