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Mount goal earns Chelsea victory at toothless Liverpool

Chelsea's Mason Mount celebrates scoring their first goal with Reece James [Pool via REUTERS/Phil Noble[

Chelsea moved into the Premier League's top four as Mason Mount's superb first-half goal earned them a 1-0 win at champions Liverpool who suffered a club-record fifth straight home league defeat on Thursday.

Mount cut in to curl a low shot past Liverpool keeper Alisson in the 42nd minute, after Timo Werner had earlier had a goal disallowed, to give Chelsea a deserved halftime lead.

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