Xabi Alonso confirms bad news for Chelsea ahead of Liverpool clash

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Xabi Alonso has confirmed a major blow for Chelsea ahead of their Carabao Cup fourth-round clash with Liverpool Liverpool host Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup fourth round.A place in the quarter-finals is at stake. Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 on Sunday for their first Premier League home win under Andoni Iraola, which lifted them above Chelsea into fourth.

Chelsea lost 2-0 at home to Tottenham on Saturday.Neither manager has a full squad.Iraola has several players injured or doubtful, and Xabi Alonso gave his own team news at his press conference on Tuesday, including an update on one of his key players.Alonso confirmed that Joao Pedro will miss the trip to Anfield and will be out for “a few weeks”.“Yes, he has an injury on his thigh and he is going to be out for a few weeks. After the Spurs defeat, Alonso said the club did not yet know the extent of the problem because the forward had “a lot of fluid”.Pedro is Chelsea’s leading Premier League scorer with five goals and three assists in six league appearances this season.He is not Chelsea’s only absentee.

He said he did not want to rule them out, but that their return would be harder than Wirtz’s. Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike and Giovanni Leoni are also listed among Liverpool’s absent or doubtful players.Support DaveOCKOP and enjoy the site completely ad-free.