Roy Keane proven wrong as Liverpool make Premier League statement against Chelsea
Liverpool ran out 2-1 winners over Chelsea at Anfield
Roy Keane was proven wrong as Liverpool made a big Premier League statement against Chelsea. The Reds ran out 2-1 winners at Anfield thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones, whose winner came three minutes after Nicolas Jackson drew the sides level.
Trent Alexander-Arnold played a starring role in the win as he kept Jadon Sancho and Pedro Neto quiet. The right back's solid performance came a week after Keane suggested that he couldn't defend.
The Manchester United legend said on ITV after England's 3-1 win over Finland: “You give time to Trent, because his decision making and quality of passing is fantastic, but I can’t believe how bad he is defensively and against better teams he’ll be punished.”
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Keane also took aim at the Liverpool star ahead of the UEFA Nations League clash over his performance against Greece days earlier, saying: “If you saw him the other night defending, it looked like he'd never played right-back before!”
Sancho was replaced at half-time on Sunday and although Neto did get past Alexander-Arnold in the second half, the defender was replaced moments later as he was tiring. It later emerged that he almost missed the game due to fitness concerns.
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Liverpool manager Arne Slot praised his side’s performance after the match. He said: “The most important thing if you want to have a chance of winning a game like this against a very strong Chelsea is you work as hard as we did.
“It’s very good that we have made a bit of a gap to Chelsea (seven points) because at the end of the season they will be near the top of the league.”
On the decision to overturn a first-half penalty awarded after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and Liverpool midfielder Jones collided, Slot said: “It doesn’t matter now that we have won, but it could have been a crucial VAR decision to overturn the referee’s decision on the pitch.
“I couldn’t understand it. If the referee looks at it for a minute it shows the VAR should not have interfered.”
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