Everything had been relatively serene for Chelsea at Anfield until the 25th minute when Levi Colwill flapped in a gale. Mohamed Salah thought he had been fouled on the edge of the area but John Brooks made the wrong decision, leaving Liverpool irritated and began a new case study in chaos theory.
Enzo Maresca’s side had dominated possession with Jadon Sancho and Noni Madueke causing the hosts plenty of problems but football can change in a moment. Colwill morphing into a morpho caused him to trip Curtis Jones for a penalty seconds after getting away with another indiscretion, which was still infiltrating his thoughts when he caught the Liverpool midfielder. The tone had been set in the space of a few minutes.
