Chelsea secured a 3–1 victory over Liverpool, putting the Blues in prime position to finish their Premier League campaign in the Champions League places.

Chelsea are able to take a little more control as Liverpool work through their party fatigue, with a chance finding the back of the net but the flag goes down quickly to rule it out and the match goes into halftime 1-0. It’s fine, we’re still champions.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot admitted his surprise at the 22-point gap between his champions and Chelsea before kick-off. It had been a two-point gap in December and Chelsea looked like challengers, even if manager Enzo Maresca kept playing it down,

The race for Champions League qualification has gotten even tighter in the Premier League after Chelsea beat recently crowned champion Liverpool 3-1 and Newcastle dropped points at Brighton with a 1-1