With a win or a draw, Chelsea would have secured a place in the Champions League next season with a game to spare, however that wasnt to be, as Liverpool scored on a clinical counterattack in the 84th minute through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to restore the two-goal edge.
” I thought the momentum was really changing. I believed we had them,” Pulisic, who missed out on Chelseas FA Cup semifinal win over Manchester United on Sunday with an evident minor injury, informed Sky Sports after the match.
Instead, Chelsea goes into Sundays season finale vs. Wolves in fourth location, connected on points with third-place Manchester United (considerably behind on goal differential) and a point ahead of fifth-place Leicester.
For Pulisic, he now has 4 goals and 4 assists because the Premier League restart, showing himself to be among Chelseas– and the leagues– top gamers over the last month. On the season, Pulisic has nine league goals.
Christian Pulisic didnt start in Chelseas important match vs. Liverpool on Wednesday, however he certainly made an impact when given the chance.
The U.S. international came off the bench and moments later provided a highlight-reel assist to Tammy Abraham before scoring an astonishing objective of his own, cutting into Chelseas deficit against the brand-new Premier League champions in what was ultimately a 5-3 defeat.
Chelsea tracked 4-1 before Pulisic began, with Liverpool in great type on the day it was because of receive the Premier League trophy. Pulisic, who used to bet Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp when both were at Dortmund, entered as part of a triple substitution in the 59th minute, and 2 minutes later, the deficit was 2.
Pulisic weaved through Fabinho and Trent Alexander-Arnold, nutmegged Joe Gomez to breeze by him and after that curled his cross by Virgil van Dijk, finding Abraham for the easy close-range surface to make it 4-2.
Pulisic missed a golden possibility to make it 4-3 not long after, as he ran onto a long Reece James pass before scuffing his shot and pulling it wide, but he made great on his next chance. Receiving the ball in package off his chest, Pulisic took 3 touches, establishing his shot, turning and shooting by Alisson to bring Chelsea within one..
