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By Our Sports Staff
European champions Chelsea, despite playing with 10 men, held on for a 1-1 draw against six-time European champions Liverpool, in a top-of-the-table English Premier League clash at Anfield.
Chelsea had broken the deadlock earlier on in the 21st minute with a looping backward header from Kai Havertz, off a corner pick that beat Allison in goal for Liverpool.
The tide of the game then changed in stoppage time of the first half when Mohammed Salah converted a penalty kick for the hosts, after Chelsea defender Reece James intentionally handled the ball on the goal-line. James was then sent off and Chelsea was forced to play the second half of the game with 10 men.
Liverpool could however not find the needed breakthrough as Chelsea defended well and held on to share the points with the Reds at a raucous Anfield.
Chelsea is now second, behind West Ham United, on the EPL table having won seven points in three games, while Liverpool is 3rd, also with seven points in three games.
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