Chelsea inflicted Liverpool’s first defeat of the season with a brilliant comeback victory in the Carabao Cup. The Blues fielded a different team when compared to the one that faced West Ham United last weekend. Goals from Emerson Palmieri and Eden Hazard got the job done.
Liverpool had taken the lead in the second half through old boy Daniel Sturridge but the goal of the night belonged to Hazard.
The Belgian didn’t start the game but this win showed that Maurizio Sarri is improving Chelsea game by game.
Our next clash is against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and some of the players were heroes on the pitch. Here are the player ratings from the game.
Willy Caballero – 8/10
The former Manchester City keeper kept us in the game with a string of fine saves, though he could be blamed for the goal we conceded.
Cesar Azpilicueta – 6.5/10
The Spaniard gave the ball away for the goal we conceded and hasn’t looked as rock-solid as he did in the previous seasons.
Gary Cahill – 7/10
Cahill hasn’t played much under Sarri but he provided a good show at Anfield against a decent attack.
Andreas Christensen – 5/10
The Dane struggled and should have been punished for a horrible back-pass but Sturridge missed a sitter.
Emerson Palmieri – 6.5/10
Despite the goal, Emerson looked a little off the pace and struggled to deal with Xherdan Shaqiri, who was Liverpool’s best player.
Ross Barkley – 6.5/10
The Englishman had the chance to impress but didn’t do all that well. Barkley gave the ball away a number of times but he tried his best to make an impact.
Mateo Kovacic – 7/10
This was a better performance by the Croatian as he was careful in possession and made a few quality passes.
Cesc Fabregas – 7/10
Another player who was responsible for the goal, Fab looked a little slow on the ball but he still pulled the strings well in the midfield.
Victor Moses – 6.5/10
Moses didn’t wow anyone with his performance but was a threat out wide for us.
Alvaro Morata – 5/10
Another poor performance from the Spaniard as he missed a glorious chance to score in the first half and does not seem to look confident in front of the goal at all.
Willian – 5.5/10
The Brazilian wasn’t as consistent as usual and didn’t have a great evening at Anfield, despite creating a couple of great chances.
Substitutes
Eden Hazard – 8/10
We possibly have the best attacker in the Premier League and Hazard was brilliant once he came on in the second half. The Belgian beat four Liverpool players before rifling in a shot to score past Simon Mignolet.
N’Golo Kante – 7/10
The Frenchman did his normal bit in the midfield for the side.
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David Luiz – 6/10
Luiz did a decent enough job replacing Christensen and didn’t make too many errors to speak about.