Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones rose above the frenetic atmosphere during an entertaining afternoon at Anfield

Everything had been relatively serene for Chelsea at Anfield until the 25th minute when Levi Colwill flapped in a gale. Mohamed Salah thought he had been fouled on the edge of the area but John Brooks made the wrong decision, leaving Liverpool irritated and began a new case study in chaos theory.

Enzo Maresca’s side had dominated possession with Jadon Sancho and Noni Madueke causing the hosts plenty of problems but football can change in a moment. Colwill morphing into a morpho caused him to trip Curtis Jones for a penalty seconds after getting away with another indiscretion, which was still infiltrating his thoughts when he caught the Liverpool midfielder. The tone had been set in the space of a few minutes.