Gary Neville greeted Moises Caicedo as ‘the best midfielder in the Premier League’ after the victory of Chelsea over Liverpool.
On Saturday evening, Chelsea inflicted a third consecutive defeat in defending Premier League champions Liverpool.
Caicedo broke the impasse at 14 minutes with an excellent strike along Liverpool No. 2 Giorgi Mhaldashvili, who stood in front of the wounded Alisson Becker.
The equalizer of Cody Gakpo on the hour that Mark was set up to end Liverpool, but Estevao Willian scored with almost the last kick of the game to seal a dramatic victory.
Liverpool, who offered to retain the Premier League trophy that they abolished in the first season of Arne Slot in Anfield, won their first seven games of the season, but has now lost three games in a row.
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The worrying Run leaves them an end to the new Premier League leaders Arsenal, while Chelsea Klimt to the sixth after ending a three-game Windless Run in the competition.
Neville said Caicedo was the difference maker at Stamford Bridge and the midfielder greeted the ‘best player on the field with a mile’.
Liverpool tried to sign Caicedo from Brighton in 2023, but Liverpool won the race and spent more than £ 100 million on the Ecuador International.
“Moises Caicedo was the best player on the field with a mile,” Neville said on his Sky Sports Podcast. ‘Forget the goal, which was absolutely incredible, his work around the field means that he is two in one.
“He is everything and a brilliant midfielder player. He was the best player on the field with a mile and if Liverpool had won him, he was so good.
“When he came for the first time, it didn’t happen completely for him, right? People question him a bit, but now he is currently the best midfielder in the Premier League.
‘You think about [Ryan] Gravenberch last season and Declan Rice, Rodri, is clear, but at the moment I think we can say that he is the best midfielder in the Premier League. ‘
Estevao’s injury-time winner against Liverpool was his first goal for Chelsea since he arrived at the club in the summer.
The 18-year-old is assessed as one of the most exciting prospects in world football and has already earned seven caps for Brazil.
“We know that a young player can suffer when he moves from another country to settle and play for this club here,” said Chelsea Assistant coach Willy Caballero.
‘So the players do a great job in the first place to involve all new players. And if we have the chance, we work.
‘I can usually talk to him in Spanish because he understands. And he’s really a good child. And we are so happy for him because he needs it, we need it and he also needs a goal. ‘
Ex-Chelsea wing player Pat Nevin meanwhile said that Estevao will be ‘special’ after his heroic deeds against the champions.
“Every time every Chelsea player gets the ball, they try to find Estevao,” Nevin said BBC Radio 5 Live. ‘That tells you a story about a player.
“He is an 18-year-old, but everyone wants to give him the ball. That only shows what he is capable of and what he does in the training. He will be special. ‘
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