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Liverpool beat Chelsea in eight-goal thriller

Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Chelsea - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - July 22, 2020. Liverpool's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain celebrates scoring their fifth goal. [Pool via REUTERS/Laurence Griffiths]

Champions Liverpool geared up to lift the Premier League trophy with a 5-3 win over Chelsea in a goal feast at Anfield on Wednesday to ensure they went an entire Premier League season unbeaten at home.

Naby Keita opened the scoring with a thunderous effort, Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 2-0 with a curling free kick and they added another through Georginio Wijnaldum's half-volley from close range, before Olivier Giroud pulled one back on the stroke of halftime.

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