Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis | Premier League 2019-20 

#4 VAR governs the momentum of the game again as Reds score two

Cesar Azpilicueta could not believe it

The visitors looked the sharper side in terms of precision and craft early on, although there was not much to separate the two. The likes of Mohamed Salah, Jordan Henderson and Roberto Firmino were however, finding passes against the Chelsea press with comparative ease.

The Liverpool pressure paid off in the 14th minute as Salah and Alexander-Arnold completed a brilliantly worked free-kick. The latter rocketed one into the right top corner, leaving Kepa with absolutely no chance.

The Blues responded with purpose, running at pace in the final third and winning three corners in quick succession. The ball on one occasion, ricochet off a few red shirts before falling kindly for Cesar Azpilicueta, who slotted in the first goal to claw his side back.

VAR intervened, much like it has done this season, to deny the hosts a quintessential leveller due to Mount bring positioned in an offside zone.

Yesterday, Serge Aurier netted a second goal for Tottenham Hotspur against Leicester that was denied. Soon after his goal was disallowed, his opposite number Ricardo nestled home to make it 1-1, before James Maddison eventually turned it all around to hand the Foxes a sensational victory.

Not for the first time therefore, VAR has broken the momentum of various sides.

Consequentially, Roberto Firmino capitalized on poor zonal defending to head the second for Liverpool, just after the league leaders were in the hindsight of parity.