Curtis Jones was exceptional in Liverpool's victory over Chelsea
Liverpool continued with their excellent start to the season first division campaign with a 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday night.
city of manchester celebrated a last-gasp victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium earlier on Sunday and the onus was on Liverpool to respond with a win to return to the top of the table.
The Merseyside giants followed suit with an admirable performance. Chelsea had most of the possession, but the Reds were more effective in the final 3rd, earning their seventh league win of the season.
Mohamed Salah He broke the tie for the locals with a penalty. Nicolas Jackson leveled the score for Chelsea shortly after the break, but Curtis Jones put the Reds ahead within 3 minutes.
Chelsea pushed for an equalizer for the rest of the match, but the Reds managed to maintain their lead.
Jones made his second consecutive start for the Anfield heavyweights and put in a fantastic performance. The club's reserve team completed 90% of the passes with 6 recoveries, 6 duels won and 2 successful tackles, according to Photomob.
Safety pin
The 23-year-old began the campaign on the bench and manager Arne Slot preferred to field Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister in midfield with Dominik Szoboszlai in the number 10 position.
Against Crystal Palace, Jones was chosen to start in the attacking midfield position ahead of Szoboszlai. He kept his place against Chelsea yesterday as Mac Allister suffered a minor illness after international duty.
After his outstanding performance, Slot is unlikely to rule him out of initial plans in the near future. Szoboszlai was largely ineffective on Sunday and could make way to facilitate Mac Allister's return to the lineup.
Slot has exceeded expectations in his first season as manager with Liverpool. The Reds look like real rivals for the league title at the moment and cannot get complacent with the difficult games ahead.
The club faces RB Leipzig in the champions league on the road Wednesday afternoon before facing Arsenal far in the top category. If they beat both of them, confidence should only increase within the team.
