“First league start for him” – Enzo Maresca to start €158,000K-per-week Chelsea star for the first time against Liverpool
This afternoon in front of the cameras, Chelsea and Liverpool will play a Sunday Premier League encounter at Anfield. It’s a challenging match for both teams.
Spurred on by Arsenal’s defeat at the hands of Bournemouth in their first league match following the international break yesterday, Liverpool are temporarily top of the league.
However, Chelsea will also take heart from this outcome and use it as an opportunity to close the gap with their London rivals and profit from their loss this past weekend.
Both sides will find it as a tough fixture to play today, and really, Chelsea are the toughest fixture that Liverpool have faced so far this season. Chelsea played and lost against Manchester City on the opening day of the new season, but since then they have not faced a ‘top’ side either. So today is likely to tell us a lot about both teams and both new managers, with a very intriguing match up on the cards.
Chelsea’s predicted Xl
Chelsea reporter Rahman Osman for London World has had a go at predicting what he believes will be Chelsea’s starting lineup this afternoon.
The Blues will be without Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana, who are both suspended, meaning Maresca has some decisions to make at the back.
Renato Veiga is the natural replacement for Cucurella, and you cannot see Ben Chilwell getting a look in there so it will surely be Veiga.
But the decision at right centre back is perhaps not as straight forward, with both Axel Disasi and Tosin Adarabioyo available there.
Osman believes it will be Tosin who gets the nod over Disasi, and Veiga will start too. If Tosin does start as expected, then this will be his first Premier League start in a Chelsea shirt.