Gravenberch's curler and a freak Enzo Fernández free-kick share the points at Anfield
Liverpool 1, Chelsea 1, and an Anfield Saturday lunchtime that started with a curl from Ryan Gravenberch and ended with boos. Enzo Fernández's freak free-kick before the break dragged Chelsea level and finally ended a six-game Premier League losing run, and from the moment Liverpool's hands started slipping off the steering wheel, the result felt the right one for both sides.
Gravenberch's sixth-minute curler
The opener arrived early and from a familiar pattern. Rio Ngumoha picked up the ball on the left and slid it inside to Gravenberch on the edge of the box. The 17-year-old's delivery was crisp; Gravenberch's response was crisper. The Dutchman opened his body, took a touch, and curled a peach into the top right corner of the net. Anfield was on its feet inside seven minutes and Liverpool, on paper at least, were in control of an afternoon they badly needed three points from.
A free-kick that surprised everyone in the box
Then came the equaliser, and the slightly comic way it found the net. Ten minutes before half-time, Enzo Fernández stood over a free-kick out on the right. He hit it low and across the box, and the delivery evaded everyone in the line, including Chelsea's Wesley Fofana, who looked to glance it on but missed by a touch. The ball squeezed in at the far post. From the restart, the home side never quite found their rhythm again.
The Slot side that did not show up after the break
Cole Palmer had a goal ruled out for offside, Curtis Jones the same at the other end, and Liverpool hit the woodwork twice through Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk. The chances were there. The cutting edge in the final third, on a depleted Slot squad missing several first-choice names, was not. By the closing exchanges Anfield was vocally restless, and the boos at full time spoke to a home support that knows exactly what these dropped points mean for a finish that was supposed to look more comfortable than it does.
Where the table sits now
Liverpool stay fourth on 59 points but their cushion gets thinner, with Aston Villa and Brentford both holding games in hand below them. Chelsea climb to ninth with a point that feels much heavier than the maths, given the run they had been on. The losing streak is over. Whether the corner is genuinely turned, or whether this was a small reprieve in a season that still needs sorting, Anfield is not the worst place to find out either way.
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