Marc Cucurella reveals Chelsea targeted Liverpool star to get injury-time winner

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Published October 4, 2025 8:29pm Updated October 4, 2025 8:30pm Marc Cucurella assisted Chelsea’s winner vs Liverpool (Photo: Getty) Marc Cucurella says Chelsea scored their last-minute winner against Liverpool by exploiting the weakness of one Reds star. Get personalised updates on Chelsea every day Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter.

Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we’ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. ‘We know that Salah is always ready for the counter attack so we practiced that and the manager said that the space might be there [on the right side of Liverpool],’ Cucurella told Sky Sports. ‘We saw that it was the last minute but we kept attacking. We started the game very well and then the second-half we started not in the right way again – we need to improve these things. ‘But in general I think we deserve this win.

We came through some tough weeks, this moment was amazing and we go into the break with three points, so we are very happy.’ ‘Most attackers are not going to track back every single time,’ former Liverpool and Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge told Sky Sports. I’ve played in that position as a winger, and sometimes you try to get away with one, but you might not get away with it.’ Liverpool’s right-flank has proven to be a problem this season, with Conor Bradley subbed off at half-time for the second game in a row. ‘They’ve got problems at full-back.