Substitute Daniel Sturridge scored a stunning equaliser a minute from time to cancel out Eden Hazard opener as Liverpool snatched a dramatic draw at Chelsea in the Premier League.
2018/2019 Premier League
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Match Events
10' Salah's shot flies into the sky
CHANCE! opportunity for Salah on the edge of the box, this time after he spins away from Rudiger. He has time to line up his shot but slices well wide.
22' Alisson blocks Willian at close range
CHANCE! Luiz lifts a sublime ball over the top for the run of Willian. The Brazilian takes it in stride and bursts into the box. Alisson is immediately off his line and does brilliantly to smother the angle to make the decisive block.
25' GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (Hazard)
Goal! Chelsea 1, Liverpool 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a through ball.
32' Salah's shot cleared by Rudiger at the goal-line
Salah beats Alonso to Firmino's flicked pass, then goes round Kepa, but he's on his right foot and going away from goal and Rudiger gets back to block his shot on the line.
39' Yellow Card! Mane booked
Mane takes out Hazard on the counter and goes into the book.
58' SAVE! Kepa denies Mane's shot
SAVE! A mistake by Willian allows Liverpool to threaten. Firmino latches on to his loose backpass and plays a reverse ball into the feet of Mane. The Senegalese squeezes a low effort on the half-volley towards the bottom corner, only to denied by a fine save from Kepa.
63' CHANCE! Hazard's solo blocked by Alisson
SAVE! Chelsea catch out Liverpool with a quickly taken free-kick. Hazard is played into acres of space by Kante, leaving him one-on-one with Alisson. The keeper comes out to narrow the angle and makes a great save to deny the Belgian, blocking his effort over the bar.
70' Shaqiri wastes a golden chance
72' Firmino's header cleared by Luiz at the goal-line
Azpilicueta slips which allows Robertson space down the left side. He puts an excellent cross into the middle where Shaqiri is open and should finish from 12 yards out, but he pokes his shot wide.
89. GOAL! CHELSEA 1-1 LIVERPOOL (Sturridge)
My goodness. You will not see many better strikes than this.
Sturridge, around 30 yards out, gets the ball out of his feet and then curls an absolutely superb left-footed shot into the far corner of the goal, just past the fingertips of Kepa.
Match Report
A stunning strike from Daniel Sturridge snatched a 1-1 draw for Liverpool against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Jurgen Klopp's side looked to be heading for a second defeat to the Blues this week after Eden Hazard struck a brilliant opener, but Sturridge's emphatic effort from distance in the 89th minute rescued a point.
The draw, which comes just three days after Chelsea claimed a 2-1 EFL Cup win at Anfield, means Liverpool's 100 per cent winning record in the Premier League this season ends and they are level on points with leaders Manchester City, behind only on goal difference.
Mohamed Salah wasted two early half-chances before Willian was thwarted by Alisson, but Liverpool fell behind for the first time in the league this season 25 minutes in through a stunning Hazard goal.
The Belgium star combined with Olivier Giroud and Mateo Kovacic in the centre-circle, raced onto the midfielder's pass and rifled the ball across Alisson and into the bottom-right corner.
Salah looked to have levelled 32 minutes in after escaping Marcos Alonso and rounding Kepa Arrizabalaga, but the covering Antonio Rudiger stretched to clear the ball off the line.
Kepa denied Sadio Mane with a strong reflex stop in the second half, but Chelsea looked a threat on the break and Alisson denied Hazard one-on-one after a quick free-kick.
The disappointing Salah was replaced by Xherdan Shaqiri as Liverpool chased their equaliser, and the Switzerland international promptly side-footed wide with the goal gaping after Andy Robertson had capitalised on Alonso's slip.
Roberto Firmino saw a header hooked off the line by David Luiz as the visitors kept Chelsea pinned back, before Sturridge rescued a result with a curling strike from nearly 30 yards out that left Kepa with no chance.
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: Willian, D.Luiz, Azpilicueta, E. Hazard, O. Giroud, M.Alonso, M. Kovačić, Jorginho, A. Rüdiger, Kepa, N. Kanté
Subs: Fàbregas, G. Cahill, V. Moses, W. Caballero, Morata, Barkley, Zappacosta
Liverpool XI: Milner, Wijnaldum, J. Henderson, Alisson, Roberto Firmino, Salah, Van Dijk, S. Mané, A.Robertson, Gomez, T. Alexander-Arnold
Subs: Sturridge, S. Mignolet, X. Shaqiri, Matip, Moreno, Fabinho, N.Keita