Reece James Injury Status vs Liverpool Confirmed<\/a><\/p>\nFirst-choice goalkeeper Rob Sanchez also suffered a head injury on Monday and won’t be fit to play against Liverpool. Mykhailo Mudryk remains on a long-term suspension.<\/p>\n
Chelsea Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n
GK – Filip Jorgensen<\/p>\n
LB – Marc Cucurella<\/p>\n
CB – Jorrel Hato<\/p>\n
CB – Trevoh Chalobah<\/p>\n
RB – Malo Gusto<\/p>\n
DM – Romeo Lavia<\/p>\n
DM – Moises Caicedo<\/p>\n
W – Joao Pedro<\/p>\n
AM – Enzo Fernandez<\/p>\n
W – Cole Palmer<\/p>\n
ST – Liam Delap<\/p>\n
Liverpool Team News<\/h3>\n
Arne Slot is dealing with an injury list that is worse than his opponents. Starting goalkeeper Alisson is out, star winger Mo Salah is injured, backup goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is also unavailable, Alexander Isak has a small issue that forced him out of the last outing so he will likely not be fit to start. On the fringes, Wataru Endo, Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni, and Jayden Danns are also sidelined for this one.<\/p>\n
Liverpool Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n
GK – Freddie Woodman<\/p>\n
LB – Milos Kerkez<\/p>\n
CB – Virgil van Dijk<\/p>\n
CB – Ibrahima Konate<\/p>\n
RB – Curtis Jones<\/p>\n
DM – Alexis Mac Allister<\/p>\n
DM – Ryan Gravenberch<\/p>\n
W – Florian Wirtz<\/p>\n
AM – Dominik Szoboszlai<\/p>\n
W – Jeremie Frimpong<\/p>\n
ST – Cody Gakpo<\/p>\n
Featured Image Credit<\/strong><\/p>\nIMAGO \/\u00a0Craig Mercer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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