Chelseaโ Stuns Liverpool with 95th-Minute Winner, Ending Reds’ Unbeatenโ Start
LONDON – A dramatic, last-gasp goalโค from Estebangโ in โthe 95th minute secured โa 2-1 victory โฃfor Chelsea over defending champions Liverpool โSunday, halting the Reds’ impressive run and shaking up the Premier League standings. The win marksโ a crucial turning point for Chelsea, who had facedโ early-season struggles, while together delivering Liverpool consecutive defeats forโ the first time this season.
The result at Stamford Bridge is a meaningful blow to Liverpool’sโ title defense, relinquishing their hold โon โthe โคleague lead and โinjecting renewed hope intoโค Arsenal and tottenham’sโ championship aspirations. for Chelsea, theโ victory represents โขa vital resurgence โขafter a shakyโข startโค to the EPL campaign, lifting themโค intoโฃ the upper-middle tierโ of the table and signalingโข a potentialโ return toโค form.
Chelsea’s triumph followed โaโข rollercoaster start to the season, including a 1-3 loss to Manchesterโข United in the fifth round and aโ 1-2 defeat in โคthe sixth. A draw against Ham Liverpool in the seventh roundโข hadโข begunโฃ to stabilize their form, and today’s win builds on that momentum. The team now boasts โa record of โข3 โwins, 2 draws, and 2 โฃlosses, accumulating 13 points and a goal difference ofโค +9, placing them sixth in the league.โ Tottenham (4 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 14 points) andโฃ league-leading Arsenal (5 wins, 1 draw, โ1 loss, 16 points) remain ahead,โข but are nowโ withinโข striking distance.
Liverpool, previously โriding high โon โฃfive consecutive wins, has now suffered three consecutive defeats – two in โthe EPLโ and one in the UEFA Champions League. Following a โข1-2 โคloss โto Crystal Palace in the sixth round, they fell to Chelsea today and were previouslyโ defeated 0-1 by Galatasaray in a champions league match between EPL fixtures. The โฃconsecutive setbacks โฃdrop Liverpool to second place โwith 15 points, โคhandingโ the league lead to โคArsenal.
/Getty Image Korea – Enso Fernandez (left) celebrates Estebang’s winning goal.
reporter โShim โJae-heeโฃ