Liverpool 2, Chelsea 0 - Match Recap: Demons Banished

Chelsea can’t even stop us anymore.

Liverpool 2 - 0 Chelsea
Liverpool: Mane 51’, Salah 53’

Pre-Match
I’m VERY nervous all of a sudden. I slept fine, things were great, and then basically just before the lineups came out, my anxiety kicked in. The lineup is good, We’re strong, we could take these. Why am I so nervous? Could it be the persistent narrative about the last time we faced Chelsea in a title race? Is this when we buck our self-sabotaging ways? One can only fucking hope.
First Half
Things get started with a moment of silence to honor the 96 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster, before starting in earnest. Liverpool get into Chelsea’s area early on and make themselves at home, and Mohamed Salah has an early shot scooped up by Chelsea’s keeper five minutes in. So it’s goi...