Chelsea successfully defeated Liverpool in the 35th week of the 2024/2025 Premier League at Stamford Bridge, Sunday (04/05/2025).
This duel was Liverpool’s first duel after officially becoming champions of the 2024/2025 Premier League. The Reds rotated players and this made them quite overwhelmed facing Chelsea who appeared with a full team.
Chelsea’s goals were scored by Enzo Fernandez, Jarell Quansah’s own goal, and Cole Palmer. Meanwhile, Liverpool’s goal was scored by Virgil van Dijk.
This result made Chelsea collect 63 points and is now in fifth place in the 2024/2025 Premier League standings. Meanwhile, Liverpool still recorded 82 points from 35 matches.
Liverpool immediately put pressure on Chelsea’s defense since the match started. The duel also looked like it would present an exciting duel.
However, Liverpool conceded first. In the third minute, their goal was broken through by Enzo Fernandes with a shot from inside the penalty box, after receiving a from Pedro Neto who stabbed in on the right flank. 1-0!
The duel then went fiercely. Liverpool got a chance to threaten Chelsea’s goal in the ninth minute through Cody Gakpo’s shot from the left halfspace. He tried to direct the ball to the far post but the ball was still secured by Sanchez.
After that the tempo of the match decreased slightly. The duel was fierce. Liverpool themselves finally slowly began to dominate possession and continued to try to pressure Chelsea’s defense.
In the 43rd minute, Chelsea was able to score another goal through Noni Madueke, after receiving a from Nicolas Jackson. However, the goal was not validated by the referee because Jackson was previously in an offside position.
In the end, no additional goals were scored in the remaining first half of the match. Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool.
In the second half, the duel was fierce again. Liverpool tried to pressure Chelsea’s defense again in order to equalize the score.
However, they then conceded again. In the 56th minute, Jarell Quansah scored an own goal. He was unlucky because the ball that Virgil van Dijk was going to throw from inside the penalty box hit him instead and went into the goal. 2-0!
In the 68th minute, Liverpool threatened from Nunez’s header, after receiving a from Salah. However, he failed to direct the ball into the goal. In the 77th minute, the Reds threatened from Mohamed Salah’s header in the right halfspace in the penalty box, welcoming Tsimikas’ cross. However, the ball he directed to the far post was still wide of the target.
In the 80th minute, Chelsea threatened again from a counterattack. The ball was finally executed by Jadon Sancho in the left halfspace in the penalty box. However, the ball from his kick was still blocked by Alisson.
In the 81st minute, Chelsea almost scored a goal. Palmer successfully tricked Bradley on the left flank and entered the penalty box. Although in a difficult position because the angle was narrow, he was still able to release a shot that Alisson failed to block. But the ball only hit the goalpost.
In the 85th minute, Liverpool was finally able to score a reply goal. Virgil van Dijk headed the ball from a corner kick from the left side of Chelsea’s goal. 2-1!
A minute later Chelsea threatened from Palmer’s kick. He directed the ball to the bottom right side of the goal but the ball was still anticipated by Alisson well.
In the 90+5 minute, Chelsea got a penalty after Jackson was fouled by Quansah in the penalty box. A minute later the execution was carried out by Palmer perfectly. 3-1!
The goal ended the second half. Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool.
