Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool: 5 Talking Points

#2 Staying tight to Salah might be the only way to stop him

Chelsea kept Salah at an arm's length

Chelsea defended narrowly and were happy to sit back and soak up the pressure for the greater part of the game. What they managed to do through sitting back was affording Salah little space to run into.

With the midfield underperforming, Salah was starved of quality service and even when he got on the ball, he couldn't come up with anything special as the Chelsea defenders stuck to him closely and did not let him get up to his usual tricks.

Salah has been ineffective on very few occasions this season and those have happened when a defender has been hot on his heels and giving him very little room to work with (remember Ashley Young and the pocket joke?).

However, that may not be as positive a piece of information as far as Real Madrid are concerned because we all know who plays at left back for Zizou's men. Marcelo loves to attack and that could very well mean that Salah will be given more time and space on the ball at Kiev.

But if their centre-backs can step up to the task like Cahill, Rudiger and Azpilicueta did today, they could still stop the Egyptian King.