New Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino noticed the crew he rebuilt within the shut season battle again to attract 1-1 at residence to Liverpool in its Premier League opener on Sunday as debutant defender Axel Disasi cancelled out Luis Diaz’s opener.
In a gathering of two of final season’s heavyweight flops, Diaz threatened to destroy Pochettino’s first aggressive match in command of the Blues when the Colombian stretched out a boot to show in a defence-splitting cross by Mohamed Salah within the 18th minute because the guests attacked with lightening pace.
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Liverpool thought it had doubled its lead simply over 10 minutes later however Salah was judged to have been offside earlier than he put the ball previous goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, certainly one of 4 debutants in Chelsea’s beginning lineup.
Chelsea weathered the storm and equalised within the thirty seventh minute when Liverpool did not clear a nook and France worldwide Disasi – signed this month from AS Monaco – swept the ball in from shut vary after a looping Ben Chilwell header.
Two minutes later, Chilwell rounded goalkeeper Alison Becker to place ball within the internet however VAR dominated he was offside.
Chelsea dominated possession after the break however did not get a second objective. A deflected shot by substitute Darwin Nunez then virtually gained it for Liverpool within the dying moments.
