What a week it has been for Curtis Jones, to score a winning goal at Anfield a few days after becoming a dad. It is the sort of thing he will have dreamed about the night before the game.
His ability has never been in question, because technically he has always been very good and someone who is comfortable receiving the ball in tight areas. As well as that, he has always worked very hard without it too. In that way, Jones is very much the modern midfielder.
Jones did not neglect his defensive duties either, but I think most people who have seen him come through the ranks at Liverpool have been waiting for this kind of level from him, on the attacking side of things. We always knew he was capable from the glimpses he has shown in the past.
I was delighted to see him getting forward so much against Chelsea and, as well as his goal, he got in some wonderful positions to win both penalties - the one which was given, and the one that was overturned.
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