2) Demba Ba for Chelsea vs Liverpool, ‘13-14 Season
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Liverpool headed into the home stretch of their Premier League campaign in pole position to take the trophy. They had one tough fixture left: a game at home to Chelsea, who were mathematically still in the title race, but did not have much of a chance to win.
Jose Mourinho, however, fielded an extremely defensive starting XI that wam,as focussed mainly on dealing with Liverpool’s freely-flowing attack spearheaded by the SAS duo. Liverpool dominated all of the possession and Chelsea could not muster any significant goalmouth activity on Mignolet’s end.
Until Steven Gerrard slipped while receiving a pass from his centre back. He could not recover before Demba Ba dispossessed him and raced past the defence line to finish beyond an advancing Mignolet in goal. This goal piled humongous pressure on Liverpool, and they succumbed in second-half extra time to another counterattack, lost the game 2-0 and blew their best chance for a Premier League title in decades.
