3 things that went wrong for Liverpool against Chelsea

#2 Liverpool's front three looked isolated on the day

Mohamed Salah was well marshalled by Toni Rudiger.

Liverpool have played some breathtaking attacking football with their famous triumvirate of Salah, Mane and Firmino scoring goals for fun. Unfortunately, the Bridge would not witness their fireworks as they were well marshalled by Chelsea's back three.

The only forward who looked to threaten on the day was Senegalese winger, Sadio Mane. During the first half, Mane made some really clever runs which created certain openings between Chelsea's back three and midfield which was initially exploited.

Some lacklustre finishing prevented Mane from getting on the scoresheet as several shots of his were smartly parried away by Thibaut Courtois.

Premier League's top scorer Mohamed Salah failed to find the back of the net against his former employees. Salah was well marshalled by the likes of Antonio Rudiger and Marcos Alonso as they tightly marked the Egyptian, giving him no space to turn or shoot.

Salah had a paltry pass success rate of 63% and lost 5 of his 7 duels against Chelsea's defence. The Egyptian was dispossessed on 3 occasions and did not succeed in successfully taking on Rudiger. Overall, it was a bad day in the office for Salah.

Roberto Firmino looked isolated throughout the game and was forced to operate from midfield, thereby limiting his ability to make some intelligent runs to free up space for the likes of Salah and Mane.