REDS HAVE A HANGOVER

Chelsea cash in as Liverpool are still celebrating title win

- John Cross

ARNE SLOT'S newly-crowned champions were given a guard of honour before kick-off but that is where the respect ended.

Chelsea were hell-bent on taking advantage of a much-changed Liverpool line-up.

The Reds had certainly earned the right to party after clinching their 20th title at Anfield last week.

They were handing out gifts all over the pitch with an own-goal and an injury-time penalty for Cole Palmer to end his 19-game drought.

That probably brought the biggest cheer from the home fans as they rolled over the champions with relative ease. And even the travelling fans were so busy singing about titles that they did not seem too worried about what happened.