Islam Masoud wrote Sunday, August 13, 2023 07:00 AM
Chelsea hosts its counterpart Liverpool At six thirty in the evening today, Sunday, at Stamford Bridge, in the first round of the English Premier League competition for the new season 2023-2024.
Chelsea, led by its new coach Mauricio Pochettino, is looking forward to making a convincing start at today’s summit against Liverpool, despite the difficulty of the task in front of a team the size of the Reds.
Chelsea summit against Liverpool
Pochettino, the Blues coach, also seeks to place the London club in the center of competition for all titles, whether locally or in Europe.
The Chelsea team begins its season in the English Premier League after a major failure last season 2022-2023 at the local and European levels, as it left empty-handed without any championship and even fell to 12th place in the Premier League table to fail to qualify for European competitions.
Chelsea played 5 matches in 17 days in the pre-season round, winning 3 matches, drawing in 2 matches and not receiving any defeat, and the Blues scored 13 goals and conceded 5 goals.
Chelsea against Liverpool
Chelsea started the preparatory camp with a great five against Wrexham, then beat Brighton 4-3, then drew with Newcastle United 1-1, defeated Fulham 2-0, and finally drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund.
On the other hand, Liverpool, led by Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, is playing today’s match against Chelsea to send a strong message to all competitors in the new season, after a season of forgetfulness in which the Reds came out without any championship and failed to qualify for the Champions League, to play in the European Championship.
The Liverpool team played 5 friendly matches in its preparatory camp in preparation for the new season, winning 3 matches, losing one match and drawing in the other.
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp aims to return the Reds to competition for championships locally and in Europe after last disappointing season.
The Chelsea match against Liverpool at the top of the English Premier League, the new season 2023-2024, will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1 HD Premium.
Mohamed Salah is looking forward to writing history in the Chelsea and Liverpool matches
Egyptian international Mohamed Salah is awaiting a record at the summit of Liverpool and Chelsea today, as he owns 8 goals from 6 matches in the first round of the opening matches in the English Premier League, a record he shares with Alan Shearer, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney, and he has an opportunity to be the top scorer in the opening matches if he scores in The next match for Liverpool FC in the English Premier League.
Chelsea is considered the most team that Salah faced during his professional career, as he played against the blue team in 21 matches, with all the clubs whose colors he defended, during which he achieved 9 victories, 6 draws, and suffered 6 defeats, noting that he scored 7 goals against the London club, and made making two goals.
Liverpool excelled during the previous 194 confrontations with Chelsea in various competitions, which began in December 1907, when the red team achieved 84 victories, the last of which was on September 20, 2020, when it won 2-0 over Chelsea in London in the league championship.
On the other hand, Chelsea achieved 65 victories over Liverpool, the last of which was on the fourth of March 2021, when it won 1-0 at Anfield in the same tournament, while the same draw imposed on 45 confrontations between the two clubs.
2023-08-13 04:00:00
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