Liverpool Edges Chelsea at Anfield Behind Gakpo’s Brace
LIVERPOOL, England (Interstat) — Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 Wednesday at Anfield, earning its first win in this competition and handing Chelsea its first loss. Morgan Rogers was Chelsea’s most prominent performer, while Cody Gakpo was Liverpool’s top performer and scored twice. Joe Gomez, Pedro Neto, Jordan Henderson, Florian Wirtz, Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia, Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak and Alexis Mac Allister also recorded key performances. Liverpool improved to 1-0 in the competition and 7-1-3 across all competitions. Chelsea fell to 0-1 in the competition and 2-2 overall. Yellow cards went to Liverpool’s Koumas L. in the 11th minute and McConnell J. in the 21st, and Chelsea’s Acheampong J. in the 50th and Lavia R. in the 73rd. Chelsea made substitutions involving Lacroix M., Welbeck D., Gusto M. and Caicedo M. Liverpool used Koumas L., McConnell J., van Dijk V., Nyoni T. and Ngumoha R.