Soccer-Liverpool outclass Chelsea to move five points clear

Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Chelsea - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - January 31, 2024 Liverpool's Diogo Jota scores their first goal REUTERS/Carl Recine

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Twenty-year-old Conor Bradley scored his first goal for Liverpool and claimed two assists as Juergen Klopp's team moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a 4-1 thrashing of Chelsea on Wednesday.

Diogo Jota, Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz were also on target for Liverpool while Darwin Nunez failed to convert a first-half spot kick in a dominant display, but the hosts were perhaps lucky not to concede a penalty themselves with Chelsea having two strong appeals waved away.