VAR to the fore despite excellence of goals in Liverpool’s victory

César Azpilicueta was denied an equaliser for Chelsea as an imperfect system continues to prevail at important moments

What a night to talk about the brilliance of Trent Alexander-Arnold’s opening goal at Stamford Bridge, to dwell for half a page solely on the parabola of the ball as it left his right foot, flew hard and flat outside the line of the post, then veered back into the top corner.

What a night to talk about Liverpool’s second goal in this 2-1 win, a fine delivery from Andy Robertson on the left, headed thrillingly into the same corner by Roberto Firmino; or indeed to linger on Chelsea’s sparky second-half response, a performance where they attacked with a careless sense of freedom and defended much the same way.

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