Jamie Carragher believes Virgil van Dijk will relish the challenge of going head-to-head with Romelu Lukaku on Saturday evening.
Chelsea travel to Anfield to face Liverpool, with Lukaku set to make his second appearance for the Blues since returning to the club earlier this month.
The Belgium international made his second debut for the west Londoners on Sunday and opened his scoring account with the opening goal in the 2-0 victory against Arsenal.
Lukaku will be hoping to continue his form for Thomas Tuchel 's men, but knows it may be more difficult against Van Dijk - with many regarding the Liverpool centre-back as one of the best defenders in world football.
Van Dijk has looked imperious for the Reds in the opening two matches of the 2021/22 campaign, helping Jurgen Klopp 's side keep clean sheets in both games.
Carragher thinks that the Netherlands captain will be up for the battle against Lukaku on Saturday and believes he will "fancy his chances".
Speaking on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, the former Liverpool centre-back said: "The best way to describe Arsenal is they tried to play like Man City or Liverpool would do but they haven’t got the players.
"Liverpool won’t change for Chelsea but Van Dijk is the one player, certainly in the Premier League, who will fancy his chances up against Lukaku.
"It’s going to be a great battle but Liverpool, I have no doubt, will be looking to push up to the halfway line.
"What we saw yesterday from Lukaku doesn’t mean he’s going to do that to every defender.
"It was bad organisation. He’s a handful, he’s a top striker and he will score lots of goals but a lot of that was caused by Arsenal.”
