Chelsea boss Antonio Conte happy to leave Liverpool with a point

Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte was happy to leave Anfield with a point, despite Diego Costa's missed penalty.

On a night where Arsenal and Tottenham dropped Premier League points, Chelsea - who remain nine points clear - took a first-half lead courtesy of a wonderfully executed 30-yard free-kick from David Luiz that caught Simon Mignolet unawares.

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Georginio Wijnaldum headed an equaliser for Jurgen Klopp's team, but they had Mignolet to thank with 15 minutes remaining as he saved Costa's spot-kick after the Chelsea striker had been fouled by Joel Matip.

"It is not easy to play against Liverpool in this moment after three defeats," Conte said. "It is not easy to play in this atmosphere.

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"I am very proud of my players for the personality they showed tonight. It is a good point, for sure.

"When you have a good chance with a penalty in the 76th minute, then you think you could win and take three points but Mignolet made a great save.

"We had two chances to score the second goal but it didn't happen but we must be pleased.

"It wasn't easy to play with the same intensity of Liverpool so we must be pleased.

"Now it is important to recover well as we wasted a lot of energy because the game was intense and there were a lot of mistakes.

"These high-intensity games it is very difficult to see mistakes and try to make corrections but I think today we played a really good game."

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