'Abraham Should Have Punished Liverpool' - Arsenal Hero On Missed Chance By Chelsea No. 9

Chelsea are attempting to retrieve a two-goal deficit against a Liverpool side topping the Premier League table.

England young star Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring for The Reds with a brilliant free-kick in the 14th minute and from another free-kick, Roberto Firmino added a second on 30 minutes.

Cesar Azpilicueta thought he had equalised in the 27th minute but Mason Mount was flagged offside after a VAR check.

Tammy Abraham also missed a glorious chance to equalise for the Blues when he raced through on goal but couldn't slot the ball past goalkeeper Adrian.

During his half-time analysis on Sky Sports, Arsenal legend Ian Wright blamed the Chelsea number nine for not punishing Liverpool for their defensive lapses.

''I think that's where Tammy wants it, and now we see Trent Alexander-Arnold keeps him onside, no pressure on the ball, you can see him clearly onside there and now the line is too high,'' Wright said.

''I saw it against Newcastle where they didn't get punished and again they didn't get punished and they should have been punished, Liverpool.

''Obviously they have been working on it. Liverpool are not closing midfielders on the ball and if you got somebody willing to run into space you can catch them''.

Fikayo Tomori made his fourth consecutive start for Frank Lampard's team in all competitions and was yellow carded in the 20th minute.

Igho Kingsley

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