'Ain't Nobody Like Joe Gomez' | Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (Pens: 6-5) | Chloe's Match Reaction

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Chloe Bloxam (0:44)

See you next week. It took about 35 minutes to actually have a bit of action to talk about. And I can't believe that I've been put through penalties and everything, and I've got to go back to the start. But the start, it all went wrong with Ryan Grafenberg. He, we dropped off, we let them pick a pass, and it just seemed like a really rash decision in the box for them to make. I thought he talked about, it's The Other End to me, so to be honest, I love Joe Gomez as well as this song was going on.

Yeah, it seemed like a stupid decision by Joe, and they got a penalty. Morgan Rodgers slots it. And yeah, I want to mention Jordan Anderson. Jordan Anderson wasn't getting too bad of a reception, obviously, but then he started doing stuff and it was winding up the cards, and I couldn't stand, you know, just things that was causing the fans to be annoyed. And fair play, he wants to win, he's dying to win, he's moaning loads, he's holding the ball, he's doing everything to better Chelsea, which you totally get, but it was really annoying. So I didn't boo, but I heard quite a few. And I think it was mainly just because he was a bit of a wind up and fair play to him, because that's, girl, that's what he's there to do.

And he goes and slots the penalty for them. But, back to us, sorry.

I really worried once we went on Nildan, because I didn't quite know where the quality was coming from. We had a couple of lovely balls in to go to the get-go, and he just ran past them. And I just worried that there was not gonna be enough quality there to get back in the game. And then the balls ripped in from the corner, they clearly aren't balling. And with no VAR, you know that the decision's gonna stand, and Cody Akpo steps up, and he might not have controlled any of the balls, but he scored two penalties tonight, and I'm very thankful for that. But just back on the ball, serving to our time, I was very happy with that. And second half, I just don't think there was loads of quality. Barcola has won, which is a save. We make some big changes, bring on vert, Barcola, Issa. But I don't really feel like loads happened. There was no loads of movement. Nandas really made one really big save. But it wasn't a game full of quality, full of chances. It wasn't really that kind of game.

There was not loads of intensity. I think Rio did quite well. But yeah, I was struggling to see where, you know, where we were going to really have the quality from. And, you know, full time, straight to penalties. And I felt sick, absolutely sick. They missed one, and the cop could see they'd missed it before it hit the post or bar or whatever one it did. And then Costas, he tries to place it so nicely in the top bins that it doesn't work for him. It goes over the bar, and that's the problem. You've got to hit the target in those moments. And then I felt like I was being put through the washing machine, through the ringer. I felt horrendous. And we go and miss Ryan Granberg, who didn't have a good game today. I really didn't feel confident when he stepped up for the pen. He misses the pen.

And then Mamadash really big save for the penalty.

And then Joe Gomez steps up, and everyone in the stadium went, oh my God, we're backing it, but Joe Gomez has never scored for Liverpool. And here he is about to take a penalty for us.

I was a bore of nerves, I don't know why, absolutely slotted, grabs the badge, touches the badge to the cock, and you absolutely love it.

And yeah, like Joe Gomez, I just needed Iraloa not to take a penalty, and Joe Gomez to score, because that made me feel great. And ultimately the pressure is back on them, they miss, put it over the bar, and Liverpool are through into the next round. We weren't brilliant tonight, we didn't think we needed to be brilliant tonight. And all that matters is we got through, we made some of the changes that we wanted to make, made some of the rotations that we wanted to make, and we've came through, hopefully unscathed in terms of injuries, minutes for the boys, and thank, thank, thank the Lord that we're on the winning side, because I felt sick for all of that. And it was a very, very grueling penalty shootout. And those Chelsea fans, I've got to make like a five, six hour drive all the way back to London, having lost on penalties, horrendous times for them, great times for Liverpool. Oh, that man's made up, sure am I.