Chelsea has 6 players missing for Liverpool game after sickening clashes
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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesChelsea FCChelsea travels to Anfield this weekend looking to end a run of six success Premier League defeats, but the Blues will arrive on Merseyside without a host of first-team playersChelsea boss Calum McFarlane gave an update on the state of his squad(Image: 2026 Robin Jones)Jesse Derry and Robert Sanchez will not be available for Chelsea's trip to Liverpool due to concussion protocols.Derry and Sanchez both suffered head injuries during Chelsea 's loss to Nottingham Forest last weekend, with Derry's injury sparking particular concern. Derry lay motionless on the pitch after a clash of heads with a Forest player in the first half, and the game did not resume for around 10 minutes as he received treatment on the field.Chelsea caretaker manager Calum McFarlane revealed that Derry is recovering but he won't play for Chelsea again this season.
"I spoke to Jesse's dad the night it happened and the family yesterday," McFarlane said. "It's positive.READ MORE: Alan Shearer delivers scathing Chelsea prediction as Liverpool has 'big opportunity'READ MORE: Liverpool rejected chance to sign Man Utd flop weeks after Arne Slot took charge"I don't have the insights to go into massive details but the early signs are positive.
He's not going to be available between now and the end of the season."During the second half, Sanchez was involved in a collision with Morgan Gibbs-White, and although Gibbs-White came off second best from the clash, Sanchez also left the field bloodied and with a bandage on his head.As well as Sanchez, Chelsea looks set to be without wingers Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto.“Neto and Garnacho are carrying knocks, so it’s looking unlikely that they are going to be available [against Liverpool],” McFarlane said.“Rob [Sanchez] is also not going to be available after the injury that he sustained in the Nottingham Forest game.”Jesse Derry received treatment on the Stamford Bridge pitch(Image: AFP or Licensors)Chelsea is also without Jamie Gittens and Estevao, but McFarlane said that he is confident the squad still has enough firepower to pose an attacking threat.“We’ve still got a lot of players available that can impact football games," he said.“We’re going to have to make up some of those players we’re missing in different ways in the way we shape the team up. I don’t want to go into too much detail on [how].”In more positive injury news for the visiting team, captain Reece James and center-back Levi Colwill are in contention to return after recent injury layoffs.“We've got a few lads returning,” McFarlane said.