Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 22 July 2020
Result
Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 22 July 2020, 19:15 UTC · half-time 3-1
Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea: match report
Liverpool beat Chelsea 5-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 22 July 2020. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Naby Keïta opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Naby Keïta (23'), Trent Alexander-Arnold (38'), Georginio Wijnaldum (43'), Roberto Firmino (54') and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (84'). Chelsea scored through Olivier Giroud (45+3'), Tammy Abraham (61') and Christian Pulisic (73').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 93 points from 36 and Chelsea 4th on 63 points from 36. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Chelsea 4th with 66.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Andrew Robertson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 1 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Naby Keïta
- 38'Goal · Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 43'Goal · Georginio Wijnaldum
- 45+3'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 54'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 61'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 73'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 83'Yellow card · Joe Gomez
- 84'Goal · Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Naby Keïta, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, Antonio Rüdiger, Reece James, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud