Chelsea v Liverpool live: Premier League confirmed line-ups as leaders look to avoid third straight defeat

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Jamie Braidwood4 October 2025 16:20Chelsea v Liverpool team news and confirmed line-upsChelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Acheampong, Badiashile, Cucurella, James; Enzo, Caicedo; Garnacho, Pedro, Neto.Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah, Isak, GakpoJamie Braidwood4 October 2025 16:15Reminder of Chelsea v Liverpool team news and predicted line-upsThis match will come too soon for Cole Palmer and Tosin Adarabioyo, who will likely be out until after the international break. Jamie Braidwood4 October 2025 16:00Arne Slot seeking new ways to stop opposition as Liverpool aim to bounce backLiverpool head coach Arne Slot believes he benefited from the aura of Jurgen Klopp in his first season, but knows the situation has changed now they are the defending Premier League champions.Slot thinks opponents felt they could capitalise on his first season, coming from the Eredivisie to manage in England for the first time and succeeding the highly regarded German, and were keen to exploit a perceived weakness.Jamie Braidwood4 October 2025 15:45Enzo Maresca empathises with Liverpool’s grieving of Diogo Jota: ‘I went through the same’Enzo Maresca has drawn on his personal trauma surrounding footballing tragedy to empathise with Liverpool’s players as they continue to grieve the loss of Diogo Jota.The forward died in July at the age of 28 following a car accident, just weeks after he had helped the team to the Premier League title.Arne Slot's side lead the way this season after six matches and the Chelsea head coach - who suffered a similar tragedy in 2007 when Sevilla team-mate Antonio Puerta died suddenly - believes the Reds' performances have been the more remarkable for what they are going through.Jamie Braidwood4 October 2025 15:30Jamie Carragher calls Liverpool a ‘mess’ and demands star player is droppedJamie Carragher said Liverpool are a “mess” and called on head coach Arne Slot to “earn his money” by fixing the issues in the team after suffering back-to-back defeats.The Premier League champions required late goals to win their first five games of the season but after a summer of heavy spending Carragher said Liverpool have lost their balance and called on big-money signing Florian Wirtz to be dropped.“I’m not watching a top team,” Carragher said on CBS Sports.

"I think Cole's path has been similar to Estevao's in terms of starting as a winger and then slowly you can move inside."The Premier League is completely different. Cole now is like that, and I see Estevao exactly the same way."(Bradley Collyer/PA Wire)Jamie Braidwood4 October 2025 15:00Curtis Jones calls for Liverpool to ‘stay calm’ in wake of back-to-back defeatsCurtis Jones says Liverpool have to keep calm and carry on as Arne Slot’s side look to recover from back-to-back defeats in today’s “huge game” at Chelsea.“It’s just part of the game,” Jones said.

It’s just how you bounce back.“We’ve got a huge game again in three days, the lads have to stay calm.“It’s part of it, it’s not fine that we lose but we just have to stay calm and it will all change. It will all change, of course it will.”Jamie Braidwood4 October 2025 14:45Chelsea's red card problem adds to frustrating start to seasonRed cards have plagued Chelsea this season, with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez dismissed five minutes into the 2-1 defeat at Manchester United and Trevoh Chalobah being sent off in last weekend's 3-1 loss to visiting Brighton and Hove Albion.Maresca said: "Most of the games we didn't get the points were because of the red cards.