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3-1! Chelsea beat Liverpool, 1 point less than Manchester City, Enzo scored a goal in lightning, Van Dijk gave a gift

1:47pm, 9 May 2025Football

Premier League champion is Liverpool, who won the championship four rounds ahead of schedule. Slott arrived at Stamford Bridge as the champion coach and accepted Chelsea’s welcome. The Reds, who had no pressure at all, were 3-1 and won the third league defeat, but they were still happy. On the other hand, Chelsea won the key 3 points to compete for a Champions League place. In this game, Enzo scored a goal in lightning, Van Dijk scored another one, and Palmer scored a goal. Currently, he has 63 points with Newcastle, temporarily ranks fifth in the Premier League standings. Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are staring behind him. The Champions League seat competition has entered a fierce heat. As soon as the game started, the situation tilted unexpectedly. In the 3rd minute, the Chelsea blitz was effective! Palmer made a straight pass from the right, Neto instantly accelerated and broke through the defense line, swept the ball to the front of the goal, Enzo Fernandez, who was ambushing the back point, arrived and calmly pushed the ball to score! Stamford Bridge instantly boiled, and Chelsea started 1-0 with a fantasy start!

took the lead at the beginning, which greatly boosted the morale of the Blues. In the rest of the first half, although Liverpool tried to counterattack, they seemed absent-minded overall and were intercepted many times of pushing. Instead, Chelsea created threats many times, but unfortunately they were a little less excited. After 45 minutes of the battle, the Blues returned to the locker room with a 1-goal advantage.

The change of sides and the fight again, Chelsea is still under the pressure, but there is something wrong with Liverpool. In the 56th minute, Jones slipped under his feet in the penalty area, Palmer seized the opportunity to hit the right side, Maduaike's first shot was blocked, and then Van Dijk hurriedly cleared the ball, but the ball accidentally hit his teammate Kwaanza's body and rebounded into the net! Ownership, 2-0, Chelsea expanded the score!

This time the goal was lost almost completely, although they recovered one goal in the 85th minute - McAllister's corner kick was accurately delivered to the point, and Van Dijk headed the ball and scored 1-2. But just as Liverpool tried to launch the last counterattack, another 100 million yuan man stood up. In the 95th minute of injury time, Kesedo broke into the penalty area with the ball and faced Sobosloy's close-up guard. The opponent couldn't help but pull the foul, and the referee pointed at the twelve yard points without hesitation. In the 96th minute, Palmer took the penalty himself, calmly pushed the ball against Allison, breaking his goal drought in 19 games! 3-1, the score is locked!

Palmer's celebration after the goal was particularly released. He raised his arms and roared to the sky, as if he wanted to throw all the depression and doubts out in one breath. He broke the goal drought with a penalty kick and regained his confidence. It was the season sprint stage, and the Blues needed such Palmer!

After this game, Chelsea remained unbeaten in the last five rounds and was in full swing. Chelsea tied Newcastle with points, ranking fifth in the second place only because of goal difference. In other words, the Blues are still firmly in their own hands to take the initiative in Champions League qualification. In the next four rounds of the league, as long as Chelsea plays steadily, maintains its state, gets full of key points, and aims at the Champions League, it is no longer empty talk!

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