Chelsea 0 ? 1 Liverpool, exactly a week ago today the British transfer record was smashed twice, firstly by Andy Carroll who signed from Newcastle to Liverpool for ?36m, and Fernando Torres who left Liverpool for Chelsea for ?50m, as the Transfer window closed, but this is not the end of the story by any means, these two signing heralded a astonish 24 hour spending spree, as Monday 31st drew to a close both Liverpool and Chelsea spent a record ?134,000,000 between them.
Chelsea splurged ?50m on Torres, and ?25m on Benfica?s David Luiz, while Liverpool spent the humungous ?36m million on Carroll and a further ?23 million on Luis Su?rez.
All four deals were completed with just hours to spare, with Torres and Carroll putting pen to paper just 10 minutes before the transfer deadline.
For Torres this meant the tantalizing prospect of Champions League with his new club.

Torres: ?It?s my dream to win the Champions League and I?m sure I can, playing for Chelsea, I think all my team-mates share that dream with me, this is the target for every footballer - to try to play for one of the top clubs in the world and I can do it now. It has been two, three, four very, very hard days for me but I can now say that I am a Chelsea player.?

The foremost catalyst for all this spending was the sole decision of one man, Roman Abbramovich, who clearly has more money than sense, taking the decisive step as a source close to the Russian billionaire indicated , to ?get things sorted? as he tried in an instant to make Chelsea competitive again and ensure they finish in the top four.

I was sat glued to Sky ?real-time? as the whole saga unfolded. Some hours after the whole deal was thought to have fallen through Abbramovich in a single phone call, personally had taken over the negotiations to revive Luiz?s protracted transfer from Benfica to Chelsea that everything started to fall into place. Luiz literally having to rush to Lisbon Airport for the third time that week, papers he had signed had then to be rushed across Europe to the Premier League London offices to seal the move.

So on Sunday Chelsea hosted Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, Torres made his debut, but Caroll joined Liverpool carrying an injury so remained on the side lines..

For Liverpool and manager Kenny Dalglish Sunday turned out to be a moment to remember.

With the clock ticking away on one of the most significant matches in both the clubs histories. It was Liverpool that connected and gelled, with Sammy Lee and Steve Clarke assisting Dalglish in the dugout. Liverpool took a pragmatic approach with players pairing up to thwart Chelsea building up any momentum moving forward. It was a sight, Dalglish as ever the Liverpool loyal servant with Lee, Clarke in tow.

Liverpool fans from the outset took no prisoners Chelsea stewards failed in their numerous attempts to grab the banners, one shoved in Torres face screaming, ?He who betrays will always walk alone?, and ?Torres a pawn on our chessboard but the King remains.? the chanting of ?Su?rez? or ?Dalglish? rang out incessantly drowning out Torres?s name.

The Drogba Torres Anelka partnership needs lots of work, or just simply abandoning, losing Anelka maybe, Chelsea were desperately lacking width , particularly with Liverpool?s wing backs moving forward, Glen Johnson pushing Cole and Bosingwa deep.
The shocks simply added to the drama, the astonishing miss from Liverpool?s Maxi Rodr?guez, who managed to hit the bar from just three yards out with the goal mouth gapping wide, Chelsea were lucky not to have been a goal down at that point, then the sight of Chelsea?s Ivanovic and Cech arguing?? to the backdrop of ?You should have stayed with a big club,? could be heard from the chanted Liverpool hordes, clearly homing in on Torres parting words, that he was joining a ?big club????Are they to be ?famous last words? we will see ?..
I know Kayoko is livid at the Arsenal v Newcastle draw which saw Newcastle came back from four nil down, but they still managed a point, Man U dropped a game against Liverpool. Chelsea desperately needed a win and on a day that history was made ?.