Luiz Felipe Scolari lost his first game as Chelsea boss and with it an end to the 86 game unbeaten home record. The Brazilian conceded that Liverpool had done enough to secure the 1-0 victory and told the club's official website, "(Liverpool manager Rafa) Benitez is intelligent and he knows we do not have a centre-forward two metres tall. The only chances were for us to cross the ball, and when we do he has very good players at the back to jump. I don't want this," explained Scolari.

"I don't want to lose the game, but we need to play, touch the ball, not put the ball in the box every time.

'We didn't play as Chelsea played in other games because we didn't have space. They put eight players out defensively, and there was no space to work the ball, only to cross. This is not the football that we play. We need to try to play on the ground, not high balls because I don't have big strikers.

"In the first half we dominated the game, second half we had more possession of the ball and touched the ball until near the area. We crossed many balls and they have good full-backs and defensive line, and they cleared every cross.

Injuries played their part in team selection as Scolari explained.

"We need to understand these are the players I have in this moment, I need to believe in and give confidence to these players. I changed the system to put two players up front, these are the players I have.

"Maybe in the future I have one, two, three more players from injury and I have more opportunity to change the system and the players. We lost today because Liverpool were better than us in the game. This is life."