Why did Anth ony Taylor refuse to take penalty against Liverpool?

Truthfully, it could’ve been any of Liverpool’s outfielders who came off. But Bradley – replaced by Florian Wirtz, moving Szoboszlai to right-back – was the one to suffer, having lost more duels (five) than any other player in the opening 45 minutes.

And just nine minutes into the second half, Slot shuffled his pack again. Andy Robertson came on for the struggling Milos Kerkez while Curtis Jones replaced Ibrahima Konate.

Arne Slot made three substitutions in quick succession(Robin Jones/Getty Images)

4. Chelsea facing injury nightmare

Chelsea can’t catch a break with their centre-backs. Levi Colwill was injured in pre-season, Tosin Adarabioyo went down last month, Wesley Fofana is continuing to work through concussion protocols, and Trevoh Chalobah was suspended for this one.

So what they didn’t need was Badiashile not making it past the hour mark, as he became their latest absentee. Maresca was forced to bring on Romeo Lavia and put Reece James at centre-back.

Then, inexplicably, came another. Josh Acheampong dropped to the turf shortly after Liverpool’s equaliser and couldn’t continue, as Jorrel Hato entered the fray.

5. Isak – genius or luck?

Alexander Isak assisted Cody Gakpo for Liverpool’s equaliser(Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Alexander Isak didn’t look like a £125million player for the first hour, but his assist for Cody Gakpo’s equaliser was of that ilk – if you believe that he meant it, of course. The ex-Newcastle talisman deftly brought down a cross from Szoboszlai and the ball fell perfectly to Cody Gakpo for a simple finish.

Replays didn’t give much inkling as to whether or not Isak meant it, but it was a goal all the same – and that’s what mattered as Liverpool levelled the scores. Mo Salah then had a chance to make it 2-1, only for the Egyptian to skew his effort high in what proved to be the Reds’ best chance to grab a winner before their focus turned to staving off a Chelsea onslaught in the dying embers.

There were celebrations all around Stamford Bridge – apart from the away end(Michael Steele/Getty Images)

6. Chelsea Dagger

As the clock into the sixth minute of stoppage time, we had a winner – and it was in the blue corner. Fernandez’s pass found Marc Cucurella on the left-hand side of the penalty area and Estevao got on his bike on the opposite side.

Cucurella’s low-driven cross was pinpoint and Chelsea’s wonderkid had a simple tap-in after pipping Robertson at the far post. There was so much delirium at Stamford Bridge that not everyone realised that Maresca had been sent off for his celebration, as he’d ran down the touchline to soak up a memorable moments