Liverpool and Chelsea must face off in the third round of the English League Cup this week. This will be a test for the Reds who have so far recorded a 100% win.
Not only once, Chelsea will twice try to break the 100% winning record of the Reds.
The first chance will come in the third round of the English League Cup at Anfield on Thursday (9/27/2018) . If tonight fails, there will be a second chance this weekend. At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea host Liverpool in the Premier League.
Very likely both teams made the Premier League a priority. That means, it is the team that will go down in the English League Cup.
Seeing the record of the two teams meeting in this event, Chelsea excelled with three wins from six matches played. Liverpool have won twice.
But if you play at Anfield, Liverpool have never lost a record of one win and one draw. Increasing Liverpool’s chances is the fact that the Reds have only lost once at Anfield throughout 2018 in all competitions. It happened when facing West Brom Albion in the FA Cup.
This Red and Blue Duel has the potential to be an interesting match because both teams try to avoid losing for the first time. Eden Hazard and team have a record of 5 wins and 1 draw from six games, while Mohamed Salah and team always wins in the 6 games that have been undertaken.
If it does reduce the coating team, Liverpool will also have the advantage because Juergen Klopp is quite active rotating his squad.
Call it Daniel Sturridge who was able to score in the Champions League midweek, and Xherdan Shaqiri managed to become an important figure in Liverpool’s 3-0 win against Southampton last weekend. They are also very often fiddling with his midfield this season and everything is going well.
Meanwhile Chelsea are still not very active in this rotation because in Maurizio Sarri’s squad there are several players who do not have equal coatings. Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Antonio Ruediger, Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso are irreplaceable.
Can Chelsea stop Liverpool’s winning run? Or is it that Liverpool who is still going to keep maintaining a clean sweep of victory? We will be able to see their two clashes this week.
ASL
Adrian Limanto
