Ten-man Chelsea held on for a 1-1 plot in opposition to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday after defender Reece James became as soon as sent off staunch earlier than halftime.
Chelsea’s César Azpilicueta (merely) and Jorginho (left) argue with referee Anthony Taylor (Twitter/ChelseaFCBlogs_)
LIVERPOOL: Ten-man Chelsea held on for a 1-1 plot in opposition to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday after defender Reece James became as soon as sent off staunch earlier than halftime.
Chelsea had taken the lead in opposition to the poke of play when Kai Havertz met a James nook at the shut to put up and his glancing header looped into the far nook past the helpless Alisson Becker. Nonetheless on the stroke of halftime, Liverpool drew level in controversial cases when, after a evaluation of the pitchside visual display unit, referee Anthony Taylor dominated that James had dealt with on the line as he kept out a Sadio Mane effort and awarded a penalty and sent off the Chelsea fullback.
Reece James purple card. Mo Salah just. Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea. #LIVCHE pic.twitter.com/NS6OuP1DpW
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The photos confirmed the ball had struck James` thigh earlier than bouncing up in opposition to his arm and while Chelsea felt exhausting carried out by, Mohamed Salah kept unruffled amid the protests to pressure dwelling the declare kick.
With his facet down to 10 men, Thomas Tuchel made two changes at the crash with Havertz and the injured N`Golo Kante making plan for defender Thiago Silva and midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
The restructure worked successfully with Chelsea preserving company in opposition to a wave of Liverpool attacks to actual some extent which maintained the unbeaten open to the season for every teams.