By Jordan Seward For Mailonline
Published: 12:41 BST, 15 April 2019 | Updated: 13:03 BST, 15 April 2019
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There is no escaping it. Chelsea have just not been up to scratch on their travels to the top teams this season.
Their record speaks for itself. How Chelsea can lose at Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham, Arsenal, Wolves and Everton, and still be within a shout of qualifying for the Champions League, can merely be described as good fortune.
If Maurizio Sarri has any genuine ambitions of competing for titles next season it is a problem that needs to be addressed and resolved sharpish.
Maurizio Sarri's men's poor away form against the top teams continued at Liverpool on Sunday
Although this latest defeat at Anfield only exacerbates the issue, the Chelsea boss can feel somewhat hard done by.
After all, Chelsea played well. Ashley Cole put it simply. 'It’s the best I’ve seen them,' he said. 'But you can’t be losing games like this.'
They hadn't really put much of a foot wrong when Jordan Henderson delightfully chipped to the back post for Sadio Mane to head in from close early on in the second half.
Eden Hazard missed a chance he would normally convert during the second half at Anfield
Mohamed Salah scored a stunning long-ranged strike to seal the 2-0 victory for Liverpool
But the Premier League operates in an unforgiving world. And no more was that personified than moments later when an unsympathetic Mohamed Salah stuck the
