Overview
- Moises Caicedo put Chelsea ahead in the 14th minute with a thunderous strike from distance into the top corner.
- Cody Gakpo drew Liverpool level just after the hour, finishing after Alexander Isak controlled Dominik Szoboszlai’s cross.
- Eighteen-year-old Estêvão Willian decided the match in the fifth minute of stoppage time by sliding in at the far post from Marc Cucurella’s low delivery.
- Referee Anthony Taylor, backed by VAR, rejected Chelsea’s first-half penalty appeal when Alejandro Garnacho went down under Dominik Szoboszlai’s challenge.
- Enzo Maresca was sent off for his touchline celebration, as Liverpool started debutant Giorgi Mamardashvili for the injured Alisson and injury-hit Chelsea lost Benoît Badiashile and Josh Acheampong during the game.