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Team news – Mamardashvili return for Liverpool, Colwill makes first Chelsea start since injurypublished at 11:21 BST
Liverpool v Chelsea (12:30 BST)
Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter
Arne Slot makes three changes from the side that lost to Manchester United last weekend.
Giorgi Mamardashvili returns in goal while Rio Ngumoha starts.
Alexander Isak is back on the bench but Florian Wirtz is out with illness and Mo Salah is not fit enough to return from a hamstring issue.
Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili, Jones, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Frimpong, Szoboszlai, Ngumoha, Gakpo
Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Isak, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Morrison, Wright, Ndiaye.
Interim boss Calum McFarlane makes five changes, including giving a first start of the season to Levi Colwill after his return from a serious knee injury.
Goalkeeper Rob Sanchez and teenage forward Jesse Derry are ruled out after sustaining head injuries last week, with Filip Jorgensen in goal and Chelsea switching to a back five to compensate.
Academy attackers Ryan Kavuma-McQueen and Mathis Eboue are included in the matchday squad at Anfield.
Chelsea XI: Jorgensen, Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Colwill, Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Joao Pedro
Subs: Slonina, James, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Lavia, Eboue, Kavuma-McQueen, Delap
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