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Tom Doyle

Liverpool vs Chelsea lineups: Uefa Super Cup confirmed XIs and team news - Mane Kante, Pulisic all start

Liverpool and Chelsea battle in the Uefa Super Cup tonight with Jurgen Klopp and Frank Lampard both facing injury concerns.

Champions League holders Liverpool will be without Alisson Becker for "a number of weeks" after the number one goalkeeper suffered a calf injury during their 4-1 Premier League victory over Norwich City last Friday.

Adrian came off the bench for his Liverpool debut in that game at Anfield, while Andy Lonergan - who went on tour with the club to the USA this summer due to a lack of keepers - has signed a short-term contract and is on the bench in Istanbul.

Naby Keita is out after limping out of training at Vodafone Park on Tuesday evening with what appears to be a muscle complaint, but Sadio Mane starts for Liverpool along with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Other than Alisson, Keita and Nathaniel Clyne - out for around six months with a knee injury - Klopp has a clean bill of health heading to Turkey.

As for Chelsea, Lampard defended his selection of youngsters such as Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham after that defeat by suggesting he could not force players out of the treatment room, and once again backed Mount during his press conference on Tuesday.

N'Golo Kante picked up a small injury at Old Trafford, but has been passed fit and starts in midfield - with Mount the fall guy.

Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud - who were second-half substitutes at Old Trafford - both start, while Antonio Rudiger and Willian are on the bench after returning from injury.

Kurt Zouma struggled badly in central defence but with Rudiger not ready and Fikayo Tomori the only deputy, he continues in the XI.

Uefa Super Cup lineups

Liverpool XI: Adrian, Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Milner, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Salah

LFC subs: Lonergan, Kelleher, Wijnaldum, Firmino, Lallana, Shaqiri, Brewster, Origi, Hoever, Alexander-Arnold, Elliott

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Zouma, Emerson, Kovacic, Jorginho, Kante, Pedro, Pulisic, Giroud

CFC subs: Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Barkley, Abraham, Willian, Kenedy, Mount, Zappacosta, Batshuayi, Tomori, Gilmour

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