The Blues had been in a poor run of form drawing 2-2 with Arsenal, Leicester City and AFC Bournemouth irrespective of the venues of these games.
However, they impressed themselves as well as the viewers, bookmakers, and pundits following the impressive scoreline they’ve got against Liverpool.
This is evident as the match says so with Lampard the major benefactor of Chelsea’s win. The pressure is already beginning to build on the Chelsea legend. But thanks to the win he can calmly prepare for the Everton fixture at the weekend at Stamford Bridge.
Following the final result, we evaluate the interesting statistics and match equations as Chelsea won 2-0 over Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool side.
Shots On Target:
Chelsea – 7
Liverpool – 5
The match produced a lot of attacking variability in the final third as quality ensued in transition. This got both teams culminate 12 shots on target.
Chelsea recorded 7 shots on target while Liverpool had 5 shots on target in the game.
This was due to Chelsea’s attacking superiority in the entire contest.
Shots Off Target:
Chelsea – 10
Liverpool – 9
Both sides missed a couple of chances in the game as they attacked each other during the match.
This ensured that 19 shots off target were culminated as pressure loomed at both ends of the pitch. Chelsea produced 10 shots off target due to their increased attacking threat. All the same Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool side had 9 shots off target in the match.
Possession:
Chelsea – 42%
Liverpool – 58%
The match produced increased competition in the middle of the park. Chelsea’s performance was based on the technical understanding and the formation structure.
This was put in place by Chelsea boss Frank Lampard as the Blues prevailed over the dominant Liverpool side at home.
This saw Chelsea have 42% of the ball possession while Liverpool had 58% of the (ball) possession.
Corners:
Chelsea – 4
Liverpool – 10
The match produced 14 corner-kicks in total. The Blues had 4 corner-kicks as compared to Liverpool’s 10 corners in the match.
Chelsea and Liverpool had been exemplary in the area, though the Reds failed to score in the match. These corners ensured increase emotions and threat along in the match as both EPL giants faced off with each other at Stamford Bridge.
Offsides:
Chelsea – 3
Liverpool – 2
Both sides sought the breakthrough in the match by all means.
This altered the position stability of both Premier League side as corner-kicks and set-piece were in vogue in the match.
This ensured that Chelsea got flagged for offside’s on three occasions. Liverpool on their own got into offside position twice as the match presents in essence.
Fouls:
Chelsea – 12
Liverpool – 13
Chelsea and Liverpool produced a physical contest as hostility ensued
at both ends of the game.
The host pressured the Reds and this forced the visitors into a
higher number of fouls in the match.
This got 25 fouls recorded in the match. Chelsea had 12
fouls while Liverpool culminated 13 fouls in the entire 90 minutes
duration.
Yellow Card:
Chelsea – 0
Liverpool – 3
The number of physical challenges both sides had in the game may have
played a part in this stance.
While Chelsea committed 12 fouls Liverpool had 13 fouls in the contest. This got Liverpool booked thrice.
Liverpool’s trio of Fabinho, James Milner and Sadio Mane got booked in the 61st, 76th and 90th minutes of the match respectively.
