English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 13, 2023
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Stamford Bridge · 40,096 att.

Match Report

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Pochettino's Chelsea fight back to draw 1-1 with Liverpool

New Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino saw the team he rebuilt in the close season fight back to draw 1-1 at home to Liverpool in their Premier League opener on Sunday as debutant defender Axel Disasi cancelled out Luis Diaz's opener.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
5
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
0
35.1
Possession
64.9
13
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
301
Accurate Passes
610
377
Passes
698
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
12
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
56
17
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
7
36
Effective Clearances
16
36
Clearances
16

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 31Robert SánchezG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 26Levi ColwillCD-L
  4. 2Axel DisasiCD-R
  5. 23Conor GallagherCM-L
  6. 8Enzo FernándezCM-R
  7. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  8. 24Reece JamesRM
  9. 15Nicolas JacksonF
  10. 17Carney ChukwuemekaCF-L
  11. 7Raheem SterlingCF-R

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 10Alexis Mac AllisterCM
  7. 18Cody GakpoLM
  8. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiRM
  9. 20Diogo JotaF
  10. 7Luis DíazLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 4' Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Goal! Chelsea 0, Liverpool 1. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  3. 32' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 32' Diogo Jota (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 37' Goal! Chelsea 1, Liverpool 1. Axel Disasi (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a headed pass following a corner.
  6. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Cody Gakpo.
  7. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Diogo Jota.
  8. 68' Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Reece James.
  10. 77' Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Mohamed Salah.
  11. 77' Substitution, Liverpool. Ben Doak replaces Luis Díaz.
  12. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Ian Maatsen replaces Carney Chukwuemeka.
  13. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Mykhailo Mudryk replaces Raheem Sterling.
  14. 85' Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90' Substitution, Chelsea. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Ben Chilwell.

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