Wayne Rooney praises Chelsea performance and singles out star who caused “big problems” | OneFootball

Wayne Rooney felt Chelsea were the better team against Liverpool as he singled out Marc Cucurella for praise.

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Chelsea stopped a run of six consecutive league defeats as they fought back from a goal down to draw 1-1 at Anfield.

Ryan Gravenberch opened the scoring after six minutes before Enzo Fernandez equalised in the first half, but neither team were able to find a winner.

Wayne Rooney praises Marc Cucurella Liverpool performance

Whilst the point stops the rot, it does little to help Chelsea’s fading hopes of qualifying for European football through the league.

Chelsea put in a much improved showing from previous weeks, and arguably should have won the game, whilst they were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty late on for what looked like a foul on Joao Pedro.

Levi Colwill was brilliant on his first start since the Club World Cup final last summer, whilst Cucurella was a real threat down the left wing all afternoon.

Rooney felt Chelsea were the better side on Saturday afternoon, and the Manchester United legend singled Cucurella out for praise.

“I thought Liverpool actually started quite well, got the goal, and then from there Chelsea were the better team,” Rooney told BBC Sport.

“They caused Liverpool big problems, especially Marc Cucurella running behind.”

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