• Victory over Chelsea restores side to top spot
• ‘Biggest test to play matches every three days’

Arne Slot said Liverpool had made the perfect start to a defining period in their season with victory against Chelsea but that judgment on his team’s potential must be reserved.

Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League with an absorbing defeat of Enzo Maresca’s side that extended Slot’s outstanding start to 10 wins in 11 matches. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring against his former club before the man of the match Curtis Jones restored Liverpool’s lead moments after Nicolas Jackson’s equaliser for Chelsea.