{"id":6994,"date":"2026-05-11T02:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6994"},"modified":"2026-05-11T02:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:29:41","slug":"mcfarlane-makes-big-claim-about-chelseas-draw-against-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6994","title":{"rendered":"McFarlane makes big claim about Chelsea&#8217;s draw against Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Calum McFarlane has claimed that Chelsea could have won the game against Liverpool yesterday, having had some good chances.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Poor Callum McFarlane has not had an easy time in his press conference since taking over as Chelsea caretaker.<\/p>\n<p>The club is in crisis from top to bottom, and apart from his draw against Man City back in January and a win at Wembley, he\u2019s only had bad results to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was only a draw, but given it came at Anfield and on the back of six defeats, there was at least a little positivity. The performance was much improved from some recent matches, as were the effort levels.<\/p>\n<h2>McFarlane says Chelsea were good value for win at Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>Despite his team having done well, McFarlane thought they could have won the game.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think, probably being a little bit biased, I think we could have won the game,\u201d the caretaker boss said at full time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe had some good moments. I remember Enzo\u2019s chance in the first half, Cucurella getting into some really good areas, crossing areas, another marginal offside, another penalty shout that I thought, personally, I know it\u2019s a tough job for officials, but I think that\u2019s a clear penalty. So, yeah, arguably we could have come away with three points.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone who wants Xabi Alonso as Chelsea boss had a very positive week, although Fabrizio Romano has cooled the excitement a bit with his comments today.<\/p>\n<p>Levi Colwill was asked about how it felt to come back having missed almost a full season, and he had some very heartfelt thanks for some of those people who had helped him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Calum McFarlane<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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