Key events
A particularly lush Jürgen Klopp speaks to TNT Sports. “When the news came out I was back to normal… we had a game with a wonderful atmosphere, but before that we had wonderful atmospheres… I hope that tonight we can create a proper atmosphere around a proper football match against a really good opponent …I want to try to be in front… Chelsea They are in a very good moment… their best moment of the season… it will be a huge job for the boys… if we let them play, they are really good… Wataru needed more time to adapt, but when it clicked , Oh my God. …Dom is naturally confident…Macca is just a wonderful player, a super smart guy…Ryan is a talent…big credit to Curtis, he sets the tone, who would have thought that two years ago? …the boys like each other… Thiago returns to training this week after ten months… everything is positive… but then you face Chelsea! … it’s super tough competition… you have to be ready all the time… until now we were, now we have to make sure we stay.”
Liverpool make four changes to the team selected to start their 5-2 FA Cup victory over Norwich City. Virgil van Dijk, Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz and Alexis Mac Allister replace Jarell Quansah, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and James McConnell, all named as substitutes.
Chelsea make a change to their starting eleven following their goalless FA Cup draw with Aston Villa. Ben Chilwell replaces Alfie Gilchrist, who drops to the bench.
The teams
Liverpool: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Gómez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Díaz, Jota, Núñez.
Substitutes: Gakpo, Elliott, Robertson, Gravenberch, Clark, McConnell, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah.
Chelsea: Petrovic, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Chilwell, Caicedo, Fernández, Madueke, Gallagher, Sterling, Palmer.
Substitutes: Casadei, Mudryk, Chukwuemeka, Nkunku, Broja, Gusto, Deivid Washington, Gilchrist, Bergstrom.
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire).
Preamble
Welcome to episode 2 of Jurgen Klopp's long goodbye. It's also a great game in first division title race, a great test for two evolving teams and a rehearsal for the League Cup final. So there is no need to exaggerate. The start will be at 20:15 GMT. Its on!
