Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis | Premier League 2019-20 

#1 Liverpool are starting to grind out points like champions

Jurgen Klopp is building a Liverpool team of the ages

Boy, Chelsea drew Liverpool close like none other. Before they arrived at Stamford Bridge, Klopp's men had brushed aside five teams in as many games to imperiously stand put at the pinnacle of the Premier League table.

Thus, a lot for the rest of the league relied on the Blues' display against the Reds and they made the pacesetters sweat till the very end.

Chances and positives flew like clockwork in the home side's favor who could have and should have netted another. Tammy Abraham scuffed a few efforts, while Michy Batshuayi found himself at the nucleus of the six-yard box, devoid of any red shirts. Yet, he failed to direct his header on target.

Alonso, who constantly supplied quality crosses into the box, along with Willian and Azpilicueta, found Mount free off space down the left as well. However, the youngster ballooned his short to the second tier of the Shed.

Liverpool were made to look slightly ordinary by the hosts, who had almost 70% of the ball in the last 25 minutes or so. The Reds were made to stretch every muscle of theirs as Chelsea took them on till the very last minute. Yet, the visitors somehow managed to come away with three points.

After all, this is how champions play. In the toughest of conditions such as Stamford Bridge, against a side that was probably en route to its brightest spell of play all season, they did remarkably well to facile a stellar win.

The rest remains the headline, as Liverpool reconstructed a five-point lead at the top of the table.