Goalscorer Conor Bradley of Liverpool is challenged by Mykhaylo Mudryk of Chelsea in the course of the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC at Anfield on January 31, 2024 in Liverpool, England.
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Twenty-year-old Conor Bradley scored his first aim for Liverpool and claimed two assists as Jurgen Klopp’s staff moved five points clear on the prime of the Premier League desk with a 4-1 thrashing of Chelsea on Wednesday.
Diogo Jota, Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz had been additionally heading in the right direction for Liverpool whereas Darwin Nunez failed to convert a first-half spot kick in a dominant show, however the hosts had been maybe fortunate not to concede a penalty themselves with Chelsea having two sturdy appeals waved away.
“I don’t think you can have an outstanding team performance when the individuals don’t work together. The start was brilliant, we were really going for them,” Klopp instructed the BBC. “We were outstanding, it was a top game.”
Liverpool, unbeaten at Anfield this season in all competitions, have 51 points after 22 video games. Manchester City, who’ve a sport in hand, are second and degree on points with third-placed Arsenal on 46. Chelsea are tenth with 31.
Bradley grew to become the youngest Liverpool participant to each rating and help a aim in a Premier League match since Raheem Sterling, who was on the pitch for Chelsea on Wednesday, almost 10 years in the past.
“I just feel like I’m in a dream,” Bradley instructed TNT Sports.
Liverpool, whose victory was their two hundredth beneath Klopp who introduced final week that he’ll depart on the finish of the season, performed with nice depth from the opening whistle and Chelsea struggled to get out of their very own half.
Nunez peppered Chelsea’s aim with seven pictures within the first half, but it surely was Jota who broke the impasse within the twenty third minute when he took a go from Bradley, bundled previous two Chelsea defenders to rating.
Bradley, who has been distinctive since incomes a beginning berth following an harm to Trent Alexander-Arnold, whipped the Anfield followers right into a frenzy within the thirty ninth minute when he hammered an angled shot into the far nook after a surging run.
“What a wonderful kid he is,” Klopp stated. “Outstanding finish, the whole game, the contribution, the involvement. It’s a job to play against Sterling, that’s not easy. I’m really happy for him… that was pretty special.”
The teen from Northern Ireland left a defender in his wake within the sixty fifth minute earlier than launching a pinpoint cross that Szoboszlai leapt to head previous Djordje Petrovic.
“We just gave everything that we had, the first 11 and the guys who came in. We showed our quality and 4-1 is a good result,” Szoboszlai instructed the BBC.
“(Bradley) just put the ball on my head so I didn’t really have to do much. We are really happy to have him because he showed many times that he is ready to play.”
Christopher Nkunku pulled one again within the 71st however Liverpool’s Diaz replied eight minutes later.
Liverpool had 27 pictures to Chelsea’s 4, with 12 heading in the right direction, a lot of them by Nunez who additionally hit the publish with a first-half penalty.
The Uruguayan grew to become the primary participant since 2003-04 to hit the woodwork 4 occasions in a Premier League match.
Chelsea had two penalty appeals turned down, with each checked by VAR, the primary when Virgil van Dijk introduced down Conor Gallagher and the second when the Dutch defender appeared to kick Nkunku.
“It was bad luck for us,” Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino stated. “But that doesn’t change the feeling Liverpool were better than us.”
