Liverpool: Raheem Sterling's magnificent second-half solo goal earned Liverpool a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final at a snow-speckled Anfield on Tuesday.


Liverpool's English midfielder Raheem Sterling breaks through into the area to score an equalising goal during the English League Cup semi-final first leg football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool. Pic/AFP 

With Chelsea leading through Eden Hazard's 18th-minute penalty, Jose Mourinho's side were poised to pull off a classic smash-and-grab when Sterling surged through their defence to equalise in the 59th minute. The goal, Sterling's seventh of the season, was a demonstration of the 20-year-old England forward's quicksilver brilliance and was the reward for a committed and industrious display by Brendan Rodgers's men.