In what was arguably the biggest game of the season, Chelsea faced a very tough and offensive Liverpool side…
Despite the Reds looking poor for the last few weeks, they certainly turned up against Chelsea – as they so often do – putting in one of their best performances of this season.
Nonetheless, Chelsea looked strong and resolute and were able to push back the Liverpool onslaught until a wonder David Luiz free kick put the Blues 1-0 up.
Liverpool equalised not long into the second-half, before Diega Costa missed a penalty – with the game ended all square at 1-1.
On the night, it was probably a fair result – but Antonio Conte will be able to take more than a few positives out of the game, not least the sizeable gap that is now opening between Chelsea and second place.
With that said, here areĀ 3 things Conte learned from Chelsea’s defiant 1-1 victory with Liverpool…