Slot hails 'hardest' win as Liverpool stays above Man City by beating Chelsea 2-1 in Premier League
WOLVERHAMPTON, England - Liverpool is looking more and more like Manchester City’s main title rival after beating resurgent Chelsea 2-1 on Sunday to stay top of the Premier League table.After City needed an injury-time header from John Stones to beat last-place Wolves 2-1 in the early kickoff, Liverpool answered with a composed performance at Anfield to hand Chelsea its first league loss since the opening round.Having seen third-place Arsenal lose at Bournemouth on Saturday to raise questions about the Gunners’ title hopes, Liverpool and City took full advantage to build a small gap atop the standings. Arne Slot’s team leads on 21 points from eight games, one ahead of City and four above Arsenal.It was Slot's most significant win at Anfield so far and prevented Chelsea from moving into third place, with the visitors remaining sixth instead. “Many other games were hard but this might have been the hardest maybe, because of the amount of quality players they (Chelsea) have and the structure they have,” Slot said.…
20 Oct 18:34 · iNFOnews.ca