Liverpool vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Diaz goal and Nkunku penalty appeal

Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea: Jurgen Klopp’s side went five points clear with a dominant display at Anfield

Klopp insists show goes on at ‘stable' Liverpool: 'Give us a break’

Liverpool put Chelsea to the sword at Anfield as Jurgen Klopp saw his side move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a thumping win over the Blues.

Liverpool made a fast start as Darwin Nunez hit the crossbar and saw a shot tipped onto the post by Chelsea goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic, but the hosts were perhaps fortunate not to concede a penalty when Conor Gallagher was clipped by Virgil van Dijk in the box.

Diogo Jota then powered through the Chelsea defence to fire Liverpool ahead, before Conor Bradley produced a stunning finish to double their lead with his first goal for the club. It could have been three at half-time had Nunez then converted a penalty, but the striker hit the post again.

Mauricio Pochettino made a triple change at the break but despite a brief improvement, Liverpool made it three as Bradley set up Dominik Szoboszlai’s header in front of the Kop. Christopher Nkunku pulled one back with his first Chelsea goal, and then could have had a penalty when Van Dijk clipped him from behind.

But Luiz Diaz then added a fourth and Klopp could afford to make changes ahead of Sunday’s trip to third-place Arsenal. Follow all the action from Anfield below plus get the latest odds and tips right here:

Liverpool vs Chelsea LIVE

• Liverpool defeat Chelsea in the Premier League to move five points clear again
• 79’ GOAL! - Diaz taps in Nunez’s square pass (LIV 4-1 CHE)
• 71’ GOAL! - Nkunku pulls one back for Chelsea (LIV 3-1 CHE)
• 65’ GOAL! - Szoboszlai adds a third from Bradley’s cross (LIV 3-0 CHE)
• 63’ CLOSE! - Nunez curls a shot straight at Petrovic (LIV 2-0 CHE)
• 45+2’ MISSED! - Nunez’s penalty hits the post (LIV 2-0 CHE)
• 45’ PENALTY! - Jota brought down by Badiashile in the box (LIV 2-0 CHE)
• 39’ GOAL! - Bradley doubles Liverpool’s lead with beautiful finish (LIV 2-0 CHE)
• 23’ GOAL! - Jota powers his way into the box and shoots (LIV 1-0 CHE)
• 18’ SAVE! - Petrovic palms Nunez’s strike onto the post (LIV 0-0 CHE)
• 9’ CROSSBAR! - Nunez’s strike finds the woodwork (LIV 0-0 CHE)

[31 January 2024 21:42 · Mike Jones]

GOAL! Liverpool 3-0 Chelsea (Szoboszlai, 65’)⚽️

65 mins: Wonderful goal!

Virgil van Dijk switches the play out to the right wing where Conor Bradley takes a touch and flies down the line. He whips a cross into the middle of the box where Dominik Szoboszlai leaps for the ball and blazes a header into the back of the net!

[31 January 2024 21:38 · Mike Jones]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

63 mins: Close! That would have been a superb goal. A dainty pass comes to the edge of the box where Dominik Szoboszlai steps over the ball and lets it run through to Darwin Nunez.

He takes a touch and shoots one more but pings this effort into the arms of Petrovic. It will be criminal if Nunez doesn’t score tonight, he’s had so many chances.

[31 January 2024 21:36 · Mike Jones]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

60 mins: Chelsea had a decent spell just after the restart but Liverpool are bouncing back. They’re seeing more of the ball again but this time Chelsea are more secure at the back and have players available to close off runs into the penalty area.

[31 January 2024 21:33 · Mike Jones]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

57 mins: Enzo Fernandez pokes the ball away from Curtis Jones but Diogo Jota is sharp and recovers it by dispossessing Moises Caicedo.

He shoots from outside the box and wins Liverpool a corner which comes to nothing.

[31 January 2024 21:31 · Mike Jones]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

54 mins: Nkunku tries to get stuck into a battle with Bradley following a forward pass from Sterling. The forward looks to spin into the penalty area but the defender blocks him off and takes the ball.

Nkunku works hard, shoulder-to-shoulder, to get it back but Bradley’s strength is enough to hold him off and win Liverpool a free kick.

[31 January 2024 21:27 · Mike Jones]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

51 mins: Close!

Chelsea create the best chance of their night with a quick break and a squared pass across the penalty area. The Liverpool defenders are beaten but Mykhailo Mudryk lifts his first time shot high and wide!

[31 January 2024 21:25 · Mike Jones]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

48 mins: Another Darwin Nunez shot is blocked and the ball deflects over to Moises Caicedo. He lifts a diagonal pass across to Raheem Sterling who holds up play before dinking a pass into the area for Christopher Nkunku.

The ball lands over the top of the striker’s head and Alisson comes out to claim the ball.

[31 January 2024 21:23 · Mike Jones]

Second half! Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

Chelsea get the match back underway with Mauricio Pochettino having made a few changes. Ben Chilwell, Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher have all been taken off with Myhailo Mudryk, Malo Gusto and Christopher Nkunku coming on.

[31 January 2024 21:17 · Mike Jones]

HT Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

Darwin Nunez has hit the woodwork 7 times in the Premier League this season, more than twice as many times as any other player.

(AP)

[31 January 2024 21:15 · Mike Jones]

HT Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

Liverpool created 15 attempts at goal in the first half with six of them on target. Chelsea in comparison only managed one.