Chelsea repelled Liverpool at 2:0 at Stamford Bridge on the 3rd and entered the top eight of the FA Cup. The “Red Army” Liverpool suffered two consecutive defeats within 4 days.
Xinhua News Agency, London, March 3 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Chelsea repelled Liverpool at 2:0 at Stamford Bridge on the 3rd, thus heading into the top eight of the English FA Cup. The “Red Army” Liverpool suffered two consecutive defeats within 4 days. On February 29, they just lost 0:3 to Watford, and the Premier League this season tasted the first defeat.
Compared with the line-up three days ago, Liverpool’s debut showed 7 changes. However, the defense general fan Dick and the main striker Ma nei played all the games, and Chelsea’s victory was not easy.
Chelsea’s first goal was to thank Liverpool defender and goalkeeper for their continuous mistakes. William took the opportunity to shoot in the 13th minute. Liverpool did not have no chance, but Chelsea goalkeeper Capa performed very well, especially in the first half, he continuously defused the shots of Mane, Jones and Origi.
In the second half, after Barkley got the ball, he went through the pass alone. From the midfield with the ball to the frontier of the opponent’s penalty area, Chelsea expanded the lead to 2:0 in the 64th minute, and keep the score until the final whistle.
On the same day, Newcastle United defeated West Bromwich at 3:2 away, among which Paraguay almilon scored two goals for Newcastle. Sheffield United beat Reading 2:1 away with sharp overtime goals.
Manchester City, Leicester City and Tottenham will all fight for the top eight seats on the 4th. Manchester United will play Derbyshire away on the 5th.