In the first half, the match between Chelsea and Liverpool was interesting and there were 2 goals divided equally between the two teams. Entering the second half, the game “reversed” in contrast to the development of the first half.
Entering the opening round of the English Premier League 2023/2024, the Chelsea club has the home advantage in welcoming Liverpool. However, right from the opening minutes of the game, the visitors Liverpool had some remarkable plays, with the opposition defense being stirred by player Mohamed Salah.
In those situations, in the 18th minute, Salah provided a sharp assist and created the opportunity for Luis Díaz to drop a touch to open the scoring for Liverpool.
The first minutes of the first half were intense, with the ball response situations between the two teams. The home team Chelsea players had chances to score in the 15th and 24th minutes, but Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson made a brilliant save.
In the 29th minute, Salah continued to threaten Chelsea’s goal with his escape and gently knocked down goalkeeper Sanchez in the face-to-face phase. However, after carefully reviewing the VAR, referee Anthony Taylor did not recognize Salah’s goal, because the player was in an offside position.
Luckily escaped a goal, and Chelsea suddenly rose up strongly in the second half of the first half. 37 minutes, Enzo made an annoying cross on the left wing, creating a messy situation right in front of the goal of Liverpool and Disasi. was very quick to seize the opportunity to finish close to equalize for Chelsea.
Two minutes later, the Chelsea players had a “missing” celebration, after Chilwell escaped past goalkeeper Alisson and shot into the empty goal. Once again, VAR came in and the referee disallowed Chelsea’s goal, as Chilwell’s shot was offside.
The first half of this match was very exciting and brought a lot of emotions to the audience. This is a fairly equal and equal match between the home team Chelsea and the red brigade Liverpool. However, in the first half, the tactical imprint of Klopp’s coach on Liverpool’s side was shown more clearly.
In the first half, Liverpool deployed many remarkable attacking balls on the flanks and in the middle. In particular, Liverpool’s midfield had many subtle poke balls, eliminating the defense of the home team. On the Chelsea side, new coach Pochettino has arranged a high kick formation, but the coordination pieces of the home team players are not really clear and effective.
Entering the second half, the first notable situation belonged to Liverpool, when this team organized a good attack. The players coordinated smoothly to push the ball to the right wing, then the ball was rotated to the left wing and to the striker of the red brigade. Unfortunately, this player did not take advantage of the opportunity when he passed the ball tactically into the middle of the box but was cleared by the Chelsea defender.
Perhaps the most remarkable situation in the second half of that game was in the 52nd minute when the Chelsea defender let the ball touch his hand. Shortly after, referee Anthony Taylor stopped the match when he heard a signal from the VAR room. However, after reviewing the slow motion, the referee allowed the game to continue and no penalty was awarded to Liverpool.
Minutes later, the two teams played at average pace and there was nothing really remarkable, except for a Chelsea player’s shot from inside the box in the 53rd and 93rd minutes and a heart-stopping shot. close to the crossbar of the Liverpool player in the 60th minute.
At the end of the second half, the two coaches of Chelsea and Liverpool both changed players to increase attack power. However, the game between the two teams in the second half did not change much, in stark contrast to the exciting developments in the first half. At the end of the match, the two teams left the field with a score of 1-1. Thus, Chelsea and Liverpool both “pocket” the first score in the English Premier League season 2023-2024.
