Mané proves too much for Chelsea, but especially for Kepa

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Mané was too much for Chelsea. Screenshot/DAZN

Christensen's sending-off left Chelsea shook, and Sadio Mané, with two goals in four minutes, finally brought them down. Chelsea were thrashed, but nobody had it as bad as Kepa Arrizabalaga, who caused the second goal with his careless mistake.

In the second half, Chelsea became a caricature of themselves. Liverpool punished them with two goals in four minutes from Mané.

The 'blues' looked demoralised at 0-1. Nobody could say they didn't see it coming, because Liverpool looked dangerous in the second half.

And playing with 10 only added to Chelsea's decline. The 0-1 came from a beautiful move between Firmino and Salah in Chelsea's area, Firmino delivered it to the centre and Mané, with a perfect header, scored.

Kepa could do nothing to avoid that goal, but Mané himself was now in charge and just four minutes later, exposed him.

The ball was at Kepa's feet. And Mané, although he was far away, came quickly to apply pressure. And it worked. He put his foot in front of the ball, intercepting Kepa's pass and easily scored to make it 0-2.

The Spanish keeper was already facing criticism. Now he'll be facing a storm.

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