Liverpool entertained Chelsea at Anfield earlier today as they looked to secure a good result at home in the Premier League. The Reds made a quick start to the game and got their noses ahead in the sixth minute thanks to Ryan Gravenberch\u2019s excellent strike. However, Enzo Fernandez equalised for the visitors in the 35th minute as both sides went into the half-time break with a 1-1 scoreline.<\/p>\n
Arne Slot\u2019s men struggled to score the winner in the second half and had to settle for a lackluster 1-1 draw in front of their home fans.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look at how each Liverpool player fared during the clash against the Blues.<\/p>\n
GK: Giorgi Mamardashvili \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He made some solid saves at the back but couldn\u2019t do much about Fernandez\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n RB: Curtis Jones \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n Jones was far from convincing when defending inside his half and struggled to influence the game going forward.<\/p>\n CB: Ibrahima Konate \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He failed to keep track of Cucurella\u2019s runs and put in a shaky performance on the defensive end of the pitch.<\/p>\n CB: Virgil Van Dijk \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n Van Dijk cleared the danger when he could and was a threat at the other end of the field.<\/p>\n LB: Milos Kerkez \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He caught the eye at times but failed to make a difference in the final third.<\/p>\n CM: Ryan Gravenberch \u2013 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n Gravenberch was a positive influence at both ends of the pitch and scored the opener with a great strike in the sixth minute.<\/p>\n CM: Alexis Mac Allister \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He failed to get a foothold in the game but got stuck in with some crunching tackles.<\/p>\n RW: Jeremie Frimpong \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n Frimpong struggled to get into the flow of the game and was ineffective in the final third.<\/p>\n CAM: Dominik Szoboszlai \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He was full of energy and running inside the Chelsea half and was unfortunate to hit the post in the second half.<\/p>\n LW: Rio Ngumoha \u2013 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n Rio used his pace well at times and has got an assist to show for his efforts.<\/p>\n ST: Cody Steel \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He struggled to get himself involved up top and never looked like he would score.<\/p>\n Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n ST: Alexander Isak \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n His impact on the game was minimal.<\/p>\n LW: Federico Chiesa \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n He failed to pose a threat.<\/p>\n CB: Joe Gomez \u2013 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n Gomez was solid at the back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liverpool entertained Chelsea at Anfield earlier today as they looked to secure a good result…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Liverpool\"](\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/liverpool-v-chelsea-premier-league-scaled.jpg\")