Liverpool saw Mohamed Salah‘s goal cancelled out late on as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
Premier League, Anfield
November 25, 2017
Goals: Salah 65′; Willian 85′
The Reds looked to be heading for a priceless victory after Salah’s 65th-minute strike put them ahead against his former club.
But fate intervened as second-half substitute Willian’s cross sailed beyond Simon Mignolet to grant the away side an equaliser, depriving Liverpool of a much-needed three points.
Jurgen Klopp‘s side are left out of the Premier League‘s top four despite Tottenham dropping points at home to West Brom earlier in the day.
And following their 3-3 collapse away to Sevilla in the Champions League in midweek, this serves as another blow to the Reds’ momentum, despite going unbeaten for six games.
Here’s how fans reacted to Liverpool’s stalemate at Anfield on Facebook, Twitter and our forums.
Klopp made five changes to a mixed reaction…
Big gamble from Klopp leaving out Mane and Firmino #LFC
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) November 25, 2017
Mané, Firmino, or Wijnaldum all on the bench and Lovren's not even in the squad. <this is fine meme>
— nate (@natefc) November 25, 2017
Chelsea players will be delighted to see that team, let's be honest.
— Green Scouser (@Green_Scouser) November 25, 2017
“This will either be astoundingly good or catastrophically terrible. I’m not sure there’s the possibility of middle ground…”
– Zinedine Biscan on the forums.
Klopp resting Firmino and Mane for Stoke on Wednesday. Sound.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) November 25, 2017
The line up looks a gamble to me. Hope Klopp has got it right otherwise he'll have questions to answer. Lets do these reds #lfc
— Dan Holland (@danhollandlfc) November 25, 2017
A balanced first half was drawn to a close at 0-0…
Poor first half. Midfield awful, crowd terrible, nothing working in attack apart from Salah.
— Green Scouser (@Green_Scouser) November 25, 2017
I will always acknowledge Liverpool's flaws, but how on earth did this Chelsea side win the league last season?!
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) November 25, 2017
“No shot on target. Crowd in complete silence. Most boring home performance of the season.”
– KCollins on the forums.
Not a bad first half. Got to watch Hazard on the break though. Milner has been rubbish. Wouldn’t be against bringing Gini on.
— L4 (@L4Kop10) November 25, 2017
“Chelsea are way better than us, we haven’t laid a glove on them and they look like scoring every time Hazard gets the ball.”
– Andrew Wolfetone on Facebook.
Everyone desperate for Manè & Firmino to come on. Hopefully we can keep it level for a bit longer then bring them both on to take advantage of tired Chelsea legs.
— Jason Roberts (@JaseRoberts_) November 25, 2017
Is a draw (of any kind) a good result for #LFC today?
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) November 25, 2017
But Salah put the Reds ahead against his former club…
What a goal! 1-0!
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) November 25, 2017
Salahhhhhhh!!!!! 1-0.
— Sai (@TheEngancheRole) November 25, 2017
Get in there. Mo Salah!
— Andy Kelly (@AndyK_LivNews) November 25, 2017
“Who else but Mo to punish Chelsea?”
– theres always tommorrow on the forums.
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— Sam McGuire (@SamMcGuire90) November 25, 2017
Well done lad !! No need to celebrarte it @LFC 1 vs Chelsea 0 @22mosalah
— Luis Garcia (@luchogarcia14) November 25, 2017
“That was beautiful!”
– Uberkoen on the forums.
WHAT A GOAL SALAH!
— Leroy | LFC Impulse (@LFCImpulse) November 25, 2017
He is just so direct with his movement. Always committing defenders. Good finish #Salah
— keith costigan (@KeithCostigan) November 25, 2017
This was cancelled out by Willian’s wayward cross…
How disgusting is this? 1-1.
— Sai (@TheEngancheRole) November 25, 2017
FFS
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) November 25, 2017
Chelsea's goal was coming – Liverpool had got far too deep and were inviting pressure on. Need an outlet.
Not sure if Willian meant that, mind.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) November 25, 2017
“The day he leaves our club will be a never ending celebration.”
– LFC-Orlando on the forums.
Terrible, terrible goalkeeper. Stop calling him “one of the 6 best in the league”.
He’s crap.
— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) November 25, 2017
But the Reds were unable to seal a late win…
FT: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1. A fair result on the balance of play although hosts will be disappointed that for the second match in succession they let a lead go late on in.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) November 25, 2017
1-1 not the best result but on balance a fair result
— keith costigan (@KeithCostigan) November 25, 2017
Good point, fair result. Subs should have came on earlier, but we shouldn't have dropped that deep regardless. Salah is magic but we knew that already
— Dinesh Kumar (@DHardayal) November 25, 2017
“Evenly matched.”
– Scott Jones on the forums.
On the balance of things, not a bad result for #LFC. Feeling os could have been better though.
— Paul Grech (@paul_grech) November 25, 2017
Close contest and the scoreline reflects it.
Would have brought Mané on earlier, to capitalise on the opportunities LFC had to counter at 1-0.
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) November 25, 2017
Not a bad performance or scoreline but also gah.
— The Liverpool Offside (@LFCOffside) November 25, 2017
1-1 a fair result. The number of late goals we concede is constantly an issue, which Klopp's in game rarely helps stop.
— Red (@TaintlessRed) November 25, 2017
Well, that was not fun.
— Ambassador Deep (@srijandeep) November 25, 2017
“Robbed.”
– indianscouser on the forums.
Nature and timing of the equaliser it what stings. Fair result on reflection though.
— Jason Roberts (@JaseRoberts_) November 25, 2017
Fair result, but tough to drop points due to a mis-hit cross and a stroke of luck. Liverpool really need a controller in midfield.
— Colin Spreag (@ColinSpreag) November 25, 2017
Would've taken a point pre-match having seen the starting XI but can't help feel disappointed now. Failed to react to the Chelsea changes until it was too late. Bit like Tuesday in that sense.
— Sam McGuire (@SamMcGuire90) November 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/em_sandy/status/934502840134926337
2nd time in a week where a draw feels like a loss.
— Green Scouser (@Green_Scouser) November 25, 2017
I'm really fed up of Chelsea getting something at Anfield with ridiculous goals. But there we are.
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) November 25, 2017
Decent result. Salah is fucking brilliant. No need to over analyse that. End of.
— L4 (@L4Kop10) November 25, 2017
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