Chelsea vs Liverpool LIVE: Goals, score and updates from Stamford Bridge
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Your support makes all the difference.Champions League finalists Liverpool turn their attentions to domestic matters this afternoon as they travel to Chelsea in an attempt to secure their place in Europe’s top competition for another season.
A win for Chelsea will see them draw level on points with the Reds going into the final two games of the season, and they will back themselves to hunt Jurgen Klopp’s side down with their not-so-little distraction in the form of Real Madrid in Kiev.
Mohamed Salah is gunning for a record goal tally in a Premier League season having already scored 31, but is Chelsea’s defence up to the challenge?
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What time is it?
Kick-off is at 4.30pm BST at the Stamford Bridge.
Where can I watch it?
The game is live on Sky Sports Premier League with coverage starting from 3.30pm BST.
Odds…
Chelsea: 11/8
Liverpool: 23/10
Draw: 13/5
Alexandre Lacazette embraces with Arsene Wenger after being withdrawn as a sub.
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
84: Liverpool are really pushing for an equaliser and Chelsea are showing some signs of fragility. Jordan Henderson's curling cross is touched by Cesar Azpilicueta who is facing his own goal and forces tests his goalkeeper's reactions.
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
87: Eden Hazard is coming off after another superb shift in a Chelsea shirt. He has been a real handful for the Liverpool defenders who have struggled to keep tabs on him.
Arsenal 5-0 Burnley
87: Per Mertesacker, while playing in defence, is certainly not holding back when there's a chance for him to get forward. Could he get a goal to cap off a perfect farewell party?
Arsenal 5-0 Burnley
88: Post!
Danny Welbeck lets Henrikh Mkhitaryan's lay off run across him then blasts the ball from around 30 yards onto the post. What a goal that would have been.
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
Chelsea's fight for challenge for the top four is not over yet
Five goals and a five star performance
As farewells go, it surely can't get much better than that.
Goals from Alexandre Lacazette, Sead Kolasinac, Alex Iwobi and a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang round off a fine display in Arsene Wenger's final match as Arsenal manager.
'One Arsene Wenger' echoed around the Emirates before, during and continues after the final whistle.
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