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Chelsea v Liverpool LIVE updates: Lukaku axed - Alisson, Firmino and Matip out

talksport.com, 2 January 2022, 16:12
Chelsea and Liverpool face off this evening in a huge Premier League title clash to usher in 2022.

Top-flight leaders Manchester City are now 11 points clear at the top and both Chelsea and Liverpool need to win to keep their hopes alive.

The big news pre-match is that Romelu Lukaku has been axed from the Blues' squad following his explosive interview in midweek.

Premier League clash to get underway today at Stamford Bridge at 4:30pm

Chelsea: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Kante, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount, Havertz, Pulisic

Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Tsimikas, Henderson, Fabinho, Milner, Salah, Jota, Mane

Lukaku dropped by Chelsea following interview comments saying he was 'not happy' under Thomas Tuchel and would like to return to Inter Milan

Alisson Becker, Roberto Firmino and Joel Matip out due to Covid - Jurgen Klopp also missing

These two drew 1-1 in August with Mohamed Salah cancelling out Kai Havertz's opener

talkSPORT will have updates from west London throughout the evening

Follow minute-by-minute updates in our live blog below…

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