Liverpool were forced to hold on in their final home game of the season, eventually running out 5-3 winners against Chelsea on a night they would lift the Premier League title for the first time.
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Chelsea, who started with United States international Christian Pulisic on the substitutes’ bench, fell behind to a rocket from Naby Keita on 23 minutes.
A Trent Alexander-Arnold free kick on 38 minutes doubled the hosts’ advantage and Georginio Wijnaldum looked to have made the result safe when he scored two minutes before the break to make it 3-0.
But Olivier Giroud continued his recent goalscoring form to pull one back for Chelsea in first-half stoppage time.
Roberto Firmino scored his first Anfield goal of the season to restore Liverpool’s three-goal cushion but some fine work from Pulisic, on as a sub, saw Chelsea threaten to fight their way back again as he set up Tammy Abraham to score.
Pulisic got on the scoresheet himself as part of a counter-attacking goal on 73 minutes
The champions sealed the win on 84 minutes when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain sided-footed home a cross after a blistering counter-attack that started down the left flank.