Liverpool vs Chelsea LIVE result: Mohamed Salah wonder goal silences Blues to keep Reds in title track
Liverpool exorcised the ghosts of 2014 with a 2-0 victory over Chelsea to keep their Premier League title charge on track.
Sadio Mane's header early in the second half was followed moments later by a goal-of-the-season contender from Mohamed Salah and, after two uncharacteristic misses by Eden Hazard, the Reds regained the top spot they had lost 90 minutes earlier to Manchester City.
Salah's goal was worthy of winning a title let alone a game, but for now Liverpool will settle for the latter. A two-point lead over City, winners at Crystal Palace, was restored and proved Jurgen Klopp's previous assertion that no-one is getting rid of his side in this most enthralling of races. Re-live the live action below:
Welcome along to our live coverage of Liverpool vs Chelsea, as the title race reaches a critical moment. We will have all the team news and buildup to the game right here. In the meantime, here is a brilliant piece by our chief football writer Miguel Delaney (though it brings back a few painful memories for Liverpool fans) on the inside story of this infamous fixture five years ago.
So with Manchester City winning at Crystal Palace, the pressure is back on Liverpool to claim three points and go back on top of the Premier League table.
Chelsea are the visitors to Anfield this afternoon, and the Blues haven't lost at Liverpool since 2012 - quite a record.
Liverpool make two changes from the side who beat Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday. Joel Matip and Andy Robertson come in for Dejan Lovren and James Milner.
One of Liverpool's former iconic players, Tommy Smith, died on Friday, and the whole of Anfield breaks into applause in memory of Liverpool's former player.
The players are now lining up in the centre-circle ahead of a minute's silence in memory of the 96 people who died at Hillsborough in 1989, with mosaics of '30 years' in the Sir Kenny Dalglish stand, and '96' in the Kop.
