Overview
- Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, with Moisés Caicedo opening the scoring from long range and 18-year-old Estêvão converting Marc Cucurella’s stoppage-time cross.
- Gary Neville called Caicedo the Premier League’s best midfielder right now, while Jamie Redknapp said the display changed his view of the player, and Alan Shearer lauded a “perfect midfield performance.”
- Jamie Carragher ranked Declan Rice marginally ahead in all-round play, and Paul Scholes declined to label Caicedo the best, preferring different midfield profiles such as Sandro Tonali and Alexis Mac Allister.
- Caicedo told club media he is “very far” from N’Golo Kanté or Claude Makelele and aims to keep working toward legend status, adding that scoring from distance was a personal target this season.
- Estêvão said Enzo Maresca instructed him to play his own game and seek a goal or assist before he came on; praise followed from Daniel Sturridge and Erling Haaland, with reports noting he is the youngest Brazilian to net a Premier League winner.