{"id":669554,"date":"2026-05-07T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=669554"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:49:46","slug":"reece-james-injury-status-vs-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/05\/07\/reece-james-injury-status-vs-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Reece James Injury Status vs Liverpool Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have now lost six Premier League matches in a row, a dismal record that hasn&#8217;t been done by the club since the 1990s. They failed to score in five of those six with things looking incredibly downcast at Stamford Bridge. Ahead of a major league tie with Liverpool, there has been an update given on the recoveries of a number of players including Reece James, Jesse Derry, Pedro Neto, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Reece James Start for Chelsea This Weekend vs Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 600px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"84d65181a95c24c4fea73e44b4e27a17\" image-id=\"ltKD7XMQ2vli\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 5481px; aspect-ratio: 5481\/3654;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h3>Latest Update From Calum McFarlane<\/h3>\n<p>The interim manager spoke to the media ahead of this clash with the Reds and spoke about a number of players. Both Rob Sanchez and Jesse Derry had head injuries against Nottingham Forest and are under concussion protocols for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/05\/02\/mark-stein-chelsea-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea History: Mark Stein and the Magnificent 7 Record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the defensive end, Levi Colwill and James returned to the bench on Monday against the Tricky Trees and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbsoluteChelsea\/status\/2052373296985837861\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the latest<\/a> on them is that they have both been in training all week. Things are looking promising according to the coach, which could see a new look back four take to the field against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for Chelsea<\/h3>\n<p>Malo Gusto has come in for criticism for some of his recent performances, particularly after giving away a penalty on Monday that put the game out of sight for his teammates. With his drop in form has come a hope that James can return and show his brightest form to allow time for the Frenchman to rest on the bench to refind his own form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/07\/22\/best-chelsea-players-number-10-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Best Chelsea Players to Wear the Number 10 Jersey Ever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also provides some leadership to a squad that has let its head drop at the first signs of adversity in his absence. His return along with Colwill&#8217;s could provide some spine to a unit that have lacked it in spades during their recent winless run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Sports Press Photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have now lost six Premier League matches in a row, a dismal record that hasn&#8217;t been done by the club since the 1990s. They failed to score in five of those six with things looking incredibly downcast at Stamford Bridge. Ahead of a major league tie with Liverpool, there has been an update given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":669556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,30,1831],"tags":[3571],"class_list":["post-669554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-news","category-starting-line-up","tag-reece-james"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669557,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669554\/revisions\/669557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}