Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool: Player ratings as Axel Disasi earns point for the Blues
Axel Disasi earned Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino a point against Liverpool in his first Premier League game in charge at Stamford Bridge.
Liverpool took the lead through Luis Diaz early in the game before the defender's debut goal made it 1-1 — a scoreline that would remain the same despite the best efforts of both sides.
It was a thoroughly entertaining end-to-end start to the game, with Enzo Fernandez seeing a shot from just outside the six-yard box brilliantly blocked by Ibrahima Konate before the Reds stormed up the other end seconds later and hit the crossbar. Mohamed Salah gathered possession on the edge of the box and curled the ball over Robert Sanchez and onto the upright.
A few minutes later new Chelsea signing Nicolas Jackson came within a whisker of opening the scoring. The forward stormed in at the near post to toe-poke a low Reece James cross goalwards, however, Alisson Becker was on hand to make a smart save.
Jackson and Chelsea were made to rue that missed chance in the 18th minute when Luis Diaz made it 1-0. The Colombian was found at the back post with a stunning through ball right across the Blues box and was able to prod a shot past Sanchez in goal.
Salah thought he'd gone from provider to goalscorer on the half-hour mark, racing in behind Chelsea's backline to latch onto a Trent Alexander-Arnold pass before dinking the ball coolly over Sanchez. However, after a quick VAR check, the goal was ruled out for offside.
Chelsea found a way back into the game in the 36th minute via Disasi. The new signing showed surprising striker's instincts in the box to react first to a Ben Chilwell header and sweep the ball past Alisson.
A minute later Chelsea were denied a second goal by a VAR offside call. Chilwell
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