"Chelsea earned a big Premier League victory over reigning champions Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. It was Moises Caicedo who broke the deadlock in Chelsea's favour with a thunderous strike in the 14th minute, and Cody Gakpo who poked home from close range to equalize for Liverpool in the 63rd. But the last word fell to Chelsea's wonderkid Estevao, who also converted from a few yards to snatch all the points for the hosts in the fifth minute of stoppage time."
"Chelsea's victory is all the more worthy with the numerous injury problems manager Enzo Maresca had to work around in mind. The defence was hit particularly heavily, with Tosin Adarabioyo (calf), Wesley Fofana (concussion), Levi Colwill (knee), and Trevoh Chalobah (suspended) all absent, along with midfielders Anrey Santos (knock), and Dario Essugo (thigh), as well as forwards Cole Palmer (groin) and Liam Delap (thigh)."
"Therefore, the only centre-back options Maresca had at his disposal - Benoit Badiashile and Joshua Acheampong - were always going to start in front of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez. Malo Gusto and Marc Cucurella covered the defensive flanks, with captain Reece James shifted into the midfield alongside Caicedo. Enzo Fernandez had a bit more freedom to roam further up, while wingers Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho flanked Joao Pedro in attack."
Chelsea defeated Liverpool 3-2 at Stamford Bridge, with Moises Caicedo opening the scoring and Estevao netting a stoppage-time winner after Cody Gakpo had equalized. Significant injury and suspension absences forced Chelsea to start Benoit Badiashile and Joshua Acheampong as centre-backs, shift Reece James into midfield, and field Robert Sanchez in goal. Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho and Joao Pedro led the attack. Liverpool named Giorgi Mamardashvili in goal, paired Ibrahima Konate with Virgil van Dijk in defence, and used a midfield of Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
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