Will the hosts end Chelsea’s 100% start to the season? Join Emillia Hawkins for updates.   15:07 Liverpool manager Matt Beard tells BBC Sport: “There are positives to take but obviously we have to cut out the little errors that led to their goals.

Liverpool put together a decent effort over all, but it was a comfortable win in the end by Chelsea at St. Helens Stadium with late goals in both halves providing the difference.

Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 2-0 win at home to Aston Villa on Saturday. Darwin Nunez put Liverpool in front in the 20th minute after a swift counter-attack following an Aston Villa corner.

Liverpool opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as breakaway goals by Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah sealed a 2-0 win at home to Aston Villa on Saturday. Manchester City's earlier defeat was the perfect pre-match tonic for Liverpool and Nunez's 20th minute strike following a lightning counter-attack set the tone at Anfield.