good evening to you and a warm welcome to the part of west london where the kings road
and fulham road meet stamford bridge i'm derek ray joined here on the commentary box as always by
lee dixon and we've got so much to look forward to this is where it all begins in europe's premier
club competition the uefa champions league the group stage match day one action it's
chelsea taking on liverpool yeah it's very important that you're not playing catch
up in the group stages match day one imperative you get off to a good start
is
and a look at the chelsea starting eleven and golocante starts alongside shoginio
in the center of midfield and the main striker for this match is gerard moreno
and this is how liverpool start the game alison gets the nod in goal sadio mane starts with diogo
jota on the flanks and they line up with just the one striker looking to do a bit of damage
it's the opening match day champions league group stage match day one underway
and liverpool come away with it
manet
and return to mani and the flag raised offside it is possession lost
fabinho van dijk with it coutinho coutinho showing a real will to win the ball
couldn't hang on to the ball
he's allowed his opponent to get past him and as a defender you really have to concentrate
to the maximum to bar the door as he did then
fornate could cross it in here
it's got to be what a lovely strike
lethal piece of finishing drilled home with true conviction tremendous goal
well here's the replay and derek if you get caught on the ball there you should be fine
a week's wages it's terrible and he's punished some explaining to be done to his coach i feel
well he can't let the frustrations get the better room derrick his players need help here
and they aren't back underway chelsea with the advantage
coutinho
onto konate diogo jota
fabinho here is thiago
roberto filmino fabinho now he's in control of the situation
tiago and now coutinho andrew robertson fabinho
and can they make one of these passes count
shots are
splendor tackle and a throw-in coming up
and space to cross it shots are
keeper getting the touch
robinson and this is diogo jota now nicely timed tackle
well chelsea have struggled with possession of it but they won't mind they're winning this game
and why because their counter-attack is absolutely fantastic he's been admonished by the referee he's
now got to walk something of a tightrope yeah he knows exactly where he stands look at the
referee how he's told him off there no yellow card but certainly knows what the referee's thinking
mount and chelsea have given us away
thiago van dyke with it alexander arnold
well they are on the wrong end of the score line but lee your overall thoughts on their
current situation this liverpool side just needs to up the tempo a little bit they've
had some joy especially in midfield the team is so nearly clicking but it's just not quite there
and find work from liverpool to win the ball back
cornette and this is diogo jota now
well the flag has gone up it was really
close
wonderfully weighted pass useful looking ball
could it be oh they really should have a two two-goal cushion wow he can't believe
it derek what a wonderful opportunity you just wonder if they're gonna live to regret
that
and the first 45 minutes have come and gone here at stamford bridge
and a more than decent effort in the first half from ngono conte
well derek you're right he has played well and goals win games he's been a joy and
so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
thiago
roberto firmino
you can sense the threat just there thiago and now coutinho monet tiago in the center
not to be this time it's an excellent looking attack from coutinho but
will they be able to produce from this position could be a chance to break here
will it be sufficiently imaginative
absolutely perfectly
well i wasn't expecting him to hit it from there and neither was the keeper wow what a hit
a chance to revisit the goal
well all the days frustrations are there for all to see the coach needs to try
and turn this around and quickly well a second goal for them here
well liverpool's name of the game is keeping possession however after that the coach will
be disappointed with what they produced they need to be a little bit more clinical in front of goal
andrew robertson
thiago sadio mani now
andrew robertson
now with conate
thiago no chance for him to get in behind maybe promising attack but his timing was off
now they're going to alter things here's the substitution
well read to put an end to that attack
oh let's come down to the final 20 minutes here alexander arnold
virgil van dijk
fabinho now
diogo jota excellent challenge and it's a quality pass
that's all they can conjure for now substitution then let's see how it affects the match tiago
well technically offside but not by a lot
substitution for chelsea coming off the pitch number seven
another second half here and it's almost a case of whatever they've touched has
turned to goals while the creative teamwork of chelsea tonight has been absolutely superb the
players have all been on the same hymn sheet the flow the movement it's been brilliant
roberto firmino plenty of players waiting in the middle just the tackle that was needed
that is how to apply the pressure bodies forward and the break looks on
they need to get bodies back and the cross into the middle attending to his defensive chores
roberto firmino
sadio mane now it's with roberto firmino
we have entered the final minutes of normal time
well it could be on for him here and a goal if there were any remaining doubts
that will settle the issue
well let's look at this again magical football on the break surprise is the key and once he gets
himself settled with the keeper to beat he hammers it into the back of the net smashing goal oh to
be a fly on the wall in that dressing room if it stays like this derek he's not happy just look at
him three goals without reply and there goes the full-time whistle chelsea claim all three points
in the opening match in the uefa champions league well it's everything you want from the start of
match one good strong start that result will give everybody confidence especially the players
well done well his performance in this particular game will have impressed many people late well he
never gave that back line a chance to get a breath two goals for the lad today played superbly well
look really sharp constantly playing on the shoulder of the last defender a real handful