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 Liverpool made Chelsea pay for their profligacy by coming from behind to steal a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Terry's headed goal on 20 minutes was canceled out by Luis Suarez's in the second period, in a result which leaves the Blues third in the table.

John Terry left the pitch with his head in his hands and a look of rare vulnerability on his face after receiving five minutes of treatment in the wake of his accidental collision with Suarez.


It was another exciting addition to the home team, Oscar, who came close to giving Chelsea a sixth-minute lead after Joe Allen lost possession but the Brazilian lifted his shot over the bar from 15 yards out.

Just when Rodgers’ 3-5-2 formation appeared to be bearing fruit, with his team dominating possession, simple human error gifted Chelsea the opening goal midway through the opening period.

Juan Mata curled in a corner from the right and Liverpool’s zonal system, most notably Daniel Agger, failed to track the run of Terry, who gleefully bulleted a free header into the top corner for his 50th Chelsea goal in his 558th appearance.

It was one of Terry’s last acts of the afternoon. The captain was stretchered off, in severe pain, after Suarez’s full body weight landed on his knee. Judging by the agonised look on the Englishman’s face, subsequent tests in the Stamford Bridge medical room could reveal ligament damage.

Despite Liverpool having 64 per cent of the first-half possession, Chelsea were far more dangerous and Mata’s brilliant run shortly before the whistle ended with a wild finish rather than the second goal.

It was the same theme after the break, with Petr Cech little more than an interested spectator as all the action hummed around the opposing goalmouth. Mata arrowed a shot narrowly wide and Jones saved smartly from Torres’ flashed header.

Chelsea should have been out of sight by the time Liverpool made them pay for their profligacy with a smartly worked corner in the 73rd minute.

Substitute Suso curled the ball into the near post, Carragher met it with a neat flick-on and an unchallenged Suarez applied the headed finish with his 11th goal of the season.

Indeed, the visitors finished strongly and Suarez could have gone on to win the game for Liverpool had last man Petr Cech not timed his charge perfectly late on.

Source : Goal.com