Chelsea are now seven points off the top down in sixth.
Liverpool’s English midfielder #17 Curtis Jones celebrates scoring the team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match against Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Sunday. Photo: Paul ELLIS / AFP
Nicolas Jackson briefly levelled for Chelsea in the second half, but they slipped to a first league defeat since losing to Manchester City on the opening weekend of the season.Victory takes Liverpool one point ahead of City and four clear of Arsenal, who they face at the Emirates next weekend. The Dutchman responded by this time leaving all of his South American internationals — Alexis Mac Allister, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez — on the bench after their exertions in recent days across the Atlantic.
The Portugal international was still a long way from goal but the incident was almost identical to the one that saw Arsenal defender William Saliba sent-off in a 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday. At the other end, Jackson smashed off the angle of post and bar in the first sign that Chelsea had some punch to their possession football.
Within three minutes of the restart for the second half, the Blues were back level as VAR played another helping hand for the visitors.
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