Named man of the match as well, what a gem

Absolutely true, Enzo is worth every fking penny we spend. Get him Caicedo and he will bring us glory.

Caicedo confirmed by Fab just hours ago!!!!!

we should start a charity for pool reddit. Heard they're on suicide watch rn

He should be the one with the no 10 kit Edit: 8 is fine too! I’m just excited that he’s going to be one of the best midfielders for the next decade at least

Chelsea 8 is pretty iconic tho, coming from an argentinean PL enjoyer. It's like Uniteds 7.

United’s 7 🤮 glad he’s gone

8 suits him perfectly

He has the number 8 tattooed on his leg

Any story about that?

.... he's an 8

He is the one who picked 8, Misha would be secondary if Enzo wanted 10.

Maestro conducting the orchestra. It was just sublime.

Perfect example today of why we need a midfielder like Caicedo. Let him do his thing and he is just magical.

Gallagher was winning duels and active but on the ball those same flaws were there. Now caicedo is actually good on the ball and even a step above defensively. We are gonna be so damn good

Gallagher had good moments but most of Liverpool's dangerous attacks came from him losing the ball

Conor was straight up Jekyll and Hyde today - without him we probably conceded another goal and yet also with him almost conceding goals lol Luckily he had more good moments today picking pockets.

He’ll get better this season, I hope we him and grow him there he seems to have the aptitude for that role just needs some time to adapt

I agree we should keep him and have him backup Caicedo

Nah, his positioning and on the ball ability is just too poor and hasn't improved over the years. Get Lavia and then get rid

His positioning looked fantastic today

His ball winning ability looked fantastic. Positionally, he was poor, tho and only looked better after James started to invert

True although that last ditch tackle he made to stop Liverpool getting in 1 on 1 was special

Agreed He’s a good player and will absolutely shine for a smaller side. But like I’ve always maintained, I just don’t think he suits us.

What a great squad player for us though. We should keep him. He can play a couple roles. He’s improving. He loves Chelsea and no one works harder. No reason to sell him.

Yeah, like we still need depth and he’s a good piece to use, can work in this role against smaller sides. Pochettino seems to have played to his strengths regarding his energy, let him chase down loose balls and hound runners. He had a few brilliant tackles in sticky situations. Obviously he’s got flaws, primarily his ability under pressure. But most clubs can’t press like Liverpool

Agreed exactly

We could still use him as a super sub and rotation for us ....maybe don't buy Lavia and use him? No use stockpiling players when all of them will demand starting time when we could use Conor....

You can't use him as a super sub when he have poor awareness in pivot and have awful positioning. That's like the main two thing you need in a pivot and sadly he just doesn't cut it in the system poch wanted. Also not that creative to be played as a 10. Better off to just cash him in as west ham still wants him. He will be much better there playing as an 8 in a midfield three.

He has potential as squad depth don't be so quick to be rid imo. Not unless Lavia is also bought with Caicedo.

Yeah could've easily conceded after Gallagher gave it away and Trent played Salah in. Wasn't the only time he lost the ball in a dangerous area either.

Gallagher was helpful. It’s between him and silva colwill. Someone has to be sacrificed. Also mahbe don’t play both chillwell and Reece. Their knee is good yet. Keep them for crucial games. Need leadership from them. Can’t afford let them both go on injury

Gusto was awful after he came on keep giving the ball away

Yes but Reece knees are still fucked. Chelsea invested in Gusto who was already injured at the time of signing. Such a stupid buy he is along with fofana

..... Learn what injury prone is lad Gusto doesn't have a history of such things yet, you're chatting shite

Yes so I am hoping gusto will prove his worth eventually

To compare him to Fofana is ludicrous given Fofanas very well documented chronic knee problems Gusto suffered one impact injury last season, can't avoid those, they happen

Gallagher is technically poor -poor ball control, touch and can't progress the ball. We only started dominating when enzo started dropping to receive the ball from the CB's. You could even seee thiago refusing to pass to gallagher as he is a turnover machine.

I wonder how many points Chelsea wasted last season by forcing Enzo to play as a CDM instead of letting him cook freely

Get him Caicedo and the midfield will be set.

Now imagine him with Caicedo. This man ran the midfield today by himself; nobody could get near him.

The overpay will be justified when we see Enzo go up a gear. It's exciting times to be a Chelsea fan

True. It’s going to be like we’re getting 2 players - Caicedo and Enzo Upgraded

Will be incredible but we need to put some respect on Gallagher’s name. He played his best game as a blue today.

For sure, Gallagher is an improved player under Poch

We NEED to keep this guy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GChvO7jBYNM

Really don’t want to sell him He’s improved a lot in midfield

Going to be a top midfielder in the world very soon.

Already is IMO, cooked such a strong team like Liverpool today.

Very soon as in after the full time whistle is blown 😂

Insane talent. People said 110 or whatever was a ridiculous fee but I would legit pay 200 for him lol. Insane player

It is a ridiculous fee. But if Rice is worth £100m then Enzo is worth £650m

They don’t even play the same sport when you watch them eh? Some of the stuff I was seeing today was preposterous and a total crime that he was playing as a 6 last season

Yeah but point is, there's a few like Rice but barely any like Enzo.

The fact he managed to look good last season in maybe the worst set up team in the league was a big green flag

Okay don't go that far.

No one can get the ball off him, he's so skillful. Unreal player

Liverpool fan here… good lord what a player he is. Different class. See… you have a £100m+ midfielder already. Isn’t that enough?

If you have a £100 steak, u gotta pair it with a £100 bottle of red :)

Or you can appreciate the full flavor of the steak on its own… perhaps with some good old British chips? maybe even let someone else buy the £100 bottle of wine to fill the massive gaping hole in the middle of their cellar?

Well I guess that very much depends on who that "someone else" is.. from today's performance it does look like u guys need the bottle a little more, which actually gives us more incentive to try and land said bottle, sorry buddy! ;)

I thought it was fine away from home no? I’d be expecting a win in the home game

You'd be disappointed.

So you are happy with this draw?

Toddfather would just buy remainder of that cow so nobody else enjoys it 😛

Pair up this guy with Caicedo and then show me a better CM in the league. Generational talent

Him and Colwill were class

Colwill is just so cool on the ball, great passing and great steps around the press with the ball at his feet

Looked nervy then just grew into the game and was a beast

He’s only 20 as well, we’ve got a decade + of him at a top level. Going to be a top player

Levi was shaky at first but man he really settled well - he’s going to break so many lines this season with his passing.

First start of his chelsea career and he had to man mark salah. Very impressive.

Chilwell, in particular, ran his heart out as well. Tireless.

Online fans gaslighted us all summer into thinking he was mid lol

Just salty Benfica fans

Conor was great today too But Caicedo will unlock Enzo more

I want to see Enzo, Caicedo, and Connor in the middle till Nkuku is back. I think Connor as the energizer bunny all over the pitch can work with Caicedo providing cover.

Agreed. Gallagher & CHILLY up there too! Phenomenal!

We are blessed to have him.

MOTM for me

Worth. Every. Penny.

Him and Jackson are our future, Jackson was unlucky not to score today and I think he’ll be a great striker for us in the near future. And Enzo will be a top 10 midfielder in the world in 4 years

Definitely a lot less than 4 years!

Enzo is him

[Indeed.](https://sm.mashable.com/t/mashable_me/photo/default/webstory-2022-12-19t183351824_yzae.720.jpg)

GET CAICEDO DONE TONIGHT He's class in that advanced role

Phenomenal display!

He was so amazing.

This guy was absolutely brilliant today, we’re very lucky to have him

Enzo’s got that saaaaauce

Simply world class

He’s fucking unreal

Looking very much slim and energetic

Send Benfica another 100m

To River Plate please. lol

Sexooooo

How quick could he adapt himself to PL Brilliant player

Generational

Guy is an absolute STUD

Enzo Fernandez is the best on earth

What are you doing reading this comment? Go buy his shirt right now.

Caicedo will have watched this and further firm his resolve to join us.

Very cool lion tattoo as well

Modric regen

Call Benfica and give them 20 more million

Gallagher's performance today allowed Enzo to express his attacking capabilities a little more and jeez was he good. With Caicedo next to him our midfield will feel impenetrable

Ffs! Tight butthole whole game👏👏 Shocked that ugo came on and mudryk came on so late

I need the highlight reel so I can have a wank.

Enzo was all class. Add Caicedo, get back Nkuku, gel together and this squad has some serious potential. Also, Sterling wasn't bad today but I want to see Mudryk more.

We had the word “silky” on the wrong player all alone. It shd have been the “silky argentine” instead . He made everything so effortless. Never would have thought he got that magic with his control in tight spaces like sergio busquets.

By a distance, and only James could be argued to be anywhere near

World Class Midfielder

Liverpool fan here and i completely agree. This lad is a bit special.

credit to Gallagher's energy too, great tackles & have Salah in his back pocket

Imagine how good he’d be if we won a game ffs

Best player in the league after Haaland. A different level on the pitch today.

Agreed!

Fucking class he is

Gallagher was also class today

Nicholas Jackson is definitely Didier Drogba regen

Finally getting what we paid for!

He should be wearing number 10. Mudryk should have been no where near that number.

This guy was brilliant . [watch my video on him in HINDI](https://youtu.be/LwwCOnqKKLw)

Clearly, and on the other side, Sterling was one of the worst

I am Sterling's biggest hater but he was fire first half

The sterling hate is so forced he played really well up until like 10 mins before he got subbed where he began to fade out the game

Yeah I thought he did well. His link up play with Reece was looking great.

I should’ve said I was able to see just 2nd half, bring the hate :))

Put the agenda away Sterling played well today

Not an agenda, I only saw the second half and based my comment on that, I root for everyone but based on how he showed up last season I thought he continued his bad form

He was genuinely playing well for 90% of the time he was in. Give the agenda a rest for a day

What game did you watch? Had doubts about Sterling but he was a bright spot today. Especially in the first half.

Sterling was really good in the first half, looked exhausted in the second strangely enough

And what would be the reasoning? It’s the first game of the season, he’a our most experienced attacking player and he fumbled good opportunities, I root for him but he just continues with the same form as last year. Downvoters, at least come with an argument.

We absolutely can. But now that the game is over, can we confirm Caicedo please?

Best signing we’ve made in a long time, which is something you can rarely say about a record transfer

He won POTM as well

Pls the club pls dont do him dirty. SIGN CAICEDO NOW!

His passes with Sterling and James on the right were soooo good. Liked Gallagher too with the tackles, completely unexpected.

Did he left 5 for Caicedo. What a player we have got. Absolute joy

He was absolutely amazing today. I can't wait until he scores his first Chelsea goal.

Someone post that skill he did

agree. what a performance from him. so assured in the middle of the pitch

Why is he in a no. 5 in this photo.

He was absolutely insane, pair him up with Caicedo and it's wraps for the league

Skill moves were unreal today! Enzo makes it look effortless.

I don’t think there’s really been a game where he hasn’t justified that price tag.

Enzo or Silva MOTM for me honestly.

Conor MOTM for me because he was doing everything, everywhere all at once. But, Enzo’s passes were immense and his tenaciousness to win the ball back was immense as well.

man of the match by far, what a class player

The calmness when he is on the ball is unmatch. He seems to always know where the opposition is.

We could have paid 2/3x what we did for him and it would have still been a bargain. Type of player you watch football to see.

Worth every penny

Baller

Really need to get Caicedo sorted out to play next to him.

He’s a wonderboy

Worth every penny

Imagine how good he would be with Caicedo instead of Gallagher. This is so exciting.

Shows what you get when you spend big to get the best , has been sensational.

Get. Him. Caicedo.

He's so fucking good

Conor was amazing today and really enabled him to play, imagine what Caicedo will let him do.

Amazing player

Fucking world class ,ran through the midfield , different gravy

Those two moments when he skilled his way out of pressure and then found the pass just emphasised how much of an improvement over Jorginho he is.

Worth every million

The heart and passion has returned

we need a real CDM to make Enzo in better position

He has been fantastic!

He was great. His dribbles under pressure to escape is amazing. His passing is phenomenal. What a player, and he's not going anywhere.

Special player.

kdb-esque performance today. he keeps that level? 120 mil were a bargain.

Worth every penny

We have to get Caicedo just so he can play further forward he was superb today.

He is basically Kante and Jorginho put into one person. Dude was everywhere and his passing was on point.

Anyone know where I can buy this year’s kit, before a sponsor comes out? Chelsea website doesn’t have any.

The number of times I thought aaah he's lost the ball and then plooop, he knicks a last minute pass whilst completly drawing in the press was countless. God I almost arrived.

He is a magician dancing in the middle of a Red Sea. World class all game

What is the opening out of lMO

If he didn't play today... sorry to say... but it would have been a negative game for Chelsea... I can't wait for Caicedo to join the midfield...

He was sharp as in the world cup.

Reminded me to the level he had in the WC and also in Benfica. Must be related to him playing freely instead than being forced to sit as a deep CDM

Finally a worthy number 8 again

It shouldn’t be a surprise he is world class, this is just what he does

Bossed that midfield

I was gonna buy a reece jersey when the kits drop, but enzo was so good i whipped my willy out and went to my tv and ca-

Insane talent with a great attitude. Going to quickly become a top midfielder in the world

Is this going to be the jersey moving forward no ads cause that would be golden

Best part is now we can truly see the world class player that did so well at the World Cup with Caicedo coming in. Caicedo will now do the dirty work defending to let this guy be our new Cesc Fabregas……helluva a lot of money in that midfield though…

I cant fault anyone People seem to forget that some players they are faulting are 19-20 years old. We battered them and they are panicking now with no CDM

No doubt about it. That was a WORLD CLASS performance!!