Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea: 5 Talking Points

3) Lack of Liverpool build-up play

Liverpool had 25 chances but most were pointless ones from outside the area

The Chelsea build up play was far more positive than Liverpool's. Especially in the first half, Liverpool struck a lot of silly shots from outside the box, particularly in the second half, not doing them any good.

Liverpool had 25 chances but most were pointless ones from outside the area. They had 14 shots in the first half, but only four in the box and only 1 of those was on target.

The Reds started the second half a little better. With no changes, Klopp went with the same team that has been doing the goods for him in recent weeks, but nothing clicked till Allen and Benteke were brought in.

There was a little more energy in the second half. Milner and Can took it in turns to push forward and give Chelsea an extra man to think about, this created the chances for Chelsea to hit Liverpool on the counter-attack, with Fabregas's vision to find the pacy Traore, Hazard and Pedro. Liverpool were always vulnerable to these risks that Chelsea posed.

From an attacking point of view, the second half was a game of half chances. With Liverpool failing with their build up play, they couldn't find the gaps needed to unlock the Chelsea defence.

In the final 15 minutes, Liverpool were a little more clever with their movement; the energy of Joe Allen helped in the midfield, with his dynamic presence helping invigorate the Liverpool attack. Christian Benteke coming on helped as well as he added more fight and scored the equalizer for his team and saved the match.