Chelsea Vs Liverpool Draw Results Make Man City Sit Comfortably At The Top Of The Standings With A Difference Of 10 Points

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JAKARTA - Chelsea and Liverpool had to settle for sharing one point after a 2-2 draw in the match week 21 of the Premier League at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, Sunday local time.

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah put Liverpool two goals ahead before Chelsea broke through the visitors' defense and equalized through Mateo Kovacic and Christian Pulisic.

This result is clearly a loss for both teams in the race for the Premier League title this season and gives a big advantage to Manchester City.

As quoted from Antara, Monday, Chelsea remains in second place with a collection of 43 points, still ten points adrift of City, while Liverpool, who is in the third position, has 42 points.

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The hosts dominated possession early in the match and came close to taking the lead after Trent Alexander-Arnold made an imperfect clearance that saw the ball roll in front of Pulisic, but goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher was quick to steal the ball from the USA star.

Under pressure, Liverpool took the lead in the ninth minute when Trevoh Chalobah made a blunder and Mane calmly rounded goalkeeper Edouard Mendy before slotting the ball into the net.

Going down by a goal gave Chelsea more of an attacking flair, but once again their backline was caught off guard when Alexander-Arnold slotted home a low cross for Salah who swept in from the right before beating Mendy at the near post to double the lead in the 26th minute.

The two-goal lead did not bring a sense of calm in Liverpool's half as Chelsea continued to look for gaps until in the 41st minute James Milner made an unnecessary foul on Kai Havertz on the left side of the visitors' penalty area.

Marcos Alonso's free-kick was picked up by Kelleher but the ball fell in front of Kovacic who fired a speculative shot and hit the post before Chelsea's comeback goal in the 42nd minute.

Chelsea continued their momentum and the visitors' backline fell again as N'Golo Kante crossed and Pulisic slipped past Liverpool's men to beat Kelleher with a powerful strike to make the first half draw 2-2.

Chelsea still looked more confident in control of the second half, but Liverpool often presented a threat when they had the chance to do so.

Mendy twice had to struggle to secure the Chelsea goal from Salah's shot on the counter-attack in the 56th minute and Mane's strike two minutes later.

Apart from those two opportunities, Chelsea players played more of the ball in Liverpool's half including when they got two free-kicks not far from the penalty box but Kelleher was still quick to secure the execution of Mason Mount and Alonso.

Assistant coach Pep Lijnders who is in charge of manager Juergen Klopp's self-quarantine has no attacking options on the bench and opted to thicken the midfield by introducing Naby Keita, Curtis Jones, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in an attempt to match Chelsea's game, which was sadly lacking.

On the other hand, all the dominance shown by Chelsea did not produce the winning goal they were looking for until the final whistle sounded with the score still showing the position 2-2.

Both teams will next feature in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final when Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday and a day later Liverpool travel to the Emirates against Arsenal.