Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ruben Loftus-Cheek start for Chelsea at Liverpool today, with Eden Hazard preferred to Gonzalo Higuain as Maurizio Sarri reverts to false nine tactics.
Hazard leads the line for the Blues at Anfield, with Hudson-Odoi on the flank. Loftus-Cheek starts in midfield with N'Golo Kante and Jorginho, while Ross Barkley and Matteo Kovacic have to settle for bench roles.
Jurgen Klopp has kept faith with Naby Keita, meaning Georginio Wijnaldum has to settle for a bench role as Jordan Henderson and Fabinho complete the three-man midfield.
Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane start in attack as predicted, while Joe Gomez is not yet fit to return for the Premier League title chasers.
Liverpool vs Chelsea team news and line-ups
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Keita, Salah, Firmino, Mane
Subs: Wijnaldum, Lovren, Milner, Sturridge, Mignolet, Shaqiri, Origi
Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Kante, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Hazard, Hudson-Odoi
Subs: Barkley, Higuain, Pedro, Caballero, Kovacic, Giroud, Christensen
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