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The Spaniard has been one of Chelsea's standout players this season

Marc Cucurella will join Chelsea’s guard of honour for Liverpool on Sunday plotting to overthrow Arne Slot ’s champions and plant a blue flag back at the Premier League summit.

First stop on the Kop kings’ party tour is Stamford Bridge, where Cucurella is planning to pull the plug on the Slot machine.

But once the game starts, we go for our objectives - we try to fight with everything and fight for the three points.



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“I don't think I have ever done this before - this is the first time - but hopefully we can have this as well in the next few years.

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“It's what we are fighting for and what we are trying to do.

Earlier in the season I remember at Anfield we played very good but they scored in the key moments.”

Cucurella’s new-found popularity among Chelsea fans has even been manifested in a chant about his bountiful mop of hair and his alleged fondness for Spanish lager Estrella.

He laughed: “To be fair, I don't like Estrella, I don't like beer, I don't like wine.

We showed our level, we started to create something important and now it's in our hands.”

It's not been an easy season for Chelsea, but European glory and a Champions League spot are still theirs for the taking(Image: Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty Images)

Chelsea have one foot in the Europa Conference League final after an emphatic 4-1 win in Sweden against Djurgarden in their semi-final first leg.

And Nottingham Forest's shock home defeat by Brentford has handed back the initiative to Enzo Maresca’s side in the scramble for a top-five finish.

Chelsea could yet be involved in a final-day shoot-out with Forest at the City Ground for Champions League swag next season and Cucurella added: “We are very ambitious on these things.

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