New champion Liverpool suffers a humiliating defeat, Chelsea accelerates to compete for the Premier League Top 5

(NLDO) – The early championship win made the new champion Liverpool suddenly become incompetent, losing themselves in the much-anticipated match at Chelsea's home ground.

Chelsea is the first team required by regulations to line up and stand and applaud the 2024-2025 Premier League champion as they enter the field before kick-off.

Since it is a rule, of course it must be implemented, but Chelsea turned this pain into action. They mercilessly defeated this unmotivated champion in the most resounding victory since the beginning of the tournament.

Liverpool's welcoming team applauds Liverpool as they enter Stamford Bridge

The ball had only been rolling around Stamford Bridge for a few rounds when Chelsea broke through the net of the visiting team Liverpool. In the 3rd minute, Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto had a good coordination on the right wing and the ball was crossed into the middle for Enzo Fernandez.

The Argentine star calmly controlled the ball and then made an accurate shot, defeating goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

Enzo Fernandez beat Liverpool's defense in just 2 minutes 47 seconds

The early goal did not affect the will of Liverpool's stars who were no longer determined to play. Meanwhile, Chelsea still had a burning desire to win in the race for a place in the Champions League next season.

Moises Caicedo's cross-ball bounced off the crossbar

In the 32nd minute, Moises Caicedo hung the ball out of goalkeeper Alisson's reach but the ball hit the top of the crossbar of Liverpool's goal.

Just before half-time, Noni Madueke beat goalkeeper Alisson and put the ball into an empty net but the goal was disallowed because Nicolas Jackson had been caught offside.

This counter-attack turned the game around.

Luckily, they did not lose again in the first half, but after the break, disaster continued to strike the visiting team Liverpool. In the 56th minute, in a messy situation in the penalty area, Van Dijk cleared the ball and hit his teammate Quansah, accidentally sending the ball back into his own net.

Cole Palmer ends 18-game, nearly 1,200-minute drought

Van Dijk himself made up for his mistake by scoring a goal to reduce the score in the 85th minute, but then in the 90+6th minute, due to a lack of concentration from Dominik Szoboszlai, Jarrel Quansah was forced to foul Moises Caicedo in the penalty area. On the 11m mark, Cole Palmer easily scored to seal a resounding 3-1 victory for Chelsea.

Chelsea full of hope to participate in Champions League next season

Winning at home, Chelsea now has 63 points with fourth-placed Newcastle, only 1 point behind third-placed Man City and importantly, has created a 3-point gap with Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa in the race for the top 5 of the Premier League.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tan-vuong-liverpool-tham-bai-chelsea-tang-toc-dua-top-5-ngoai-hang-196250505062346104.htm