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44 mins: CHANCE! Liverpool’s best of the first half after a sloppy pass from Joao Pedro gives the ball away.

Salah finds Isak with a lovely outside-of-the-boot cross, but the Swede can’t keep his header down and it sails over the bar.

40 mins: Huge appeals for a penalty as Garnacho goes down in the area, but nothing doing from the referee of VAR.

That would have been very, very soft. Maresca isn’t happy, though, and is shown a yellow card for his continued protests.

38 mins: Another positive burst from Neto after getting the better of Kerkez, but Konate slides across to stop the cross.

It’s nicely worked from the resulting corner, but Garnacho’s effort goes just wide of the post with Mamardashvili rooted to the spot.

35 mins: Bradley is shown a yellow for hauling back Cucurella but the subsequent free-kick comes to nothing for Chelsea.

33 mins: Gakpo finds some space down the left wing, but his low cross into the box can’t find a teammate in a Red shirt as Cucurella clears it away.

30 mins: The goalscorer Caicedo gets a warning from Anthony Taylor after a late challenge on Szoboszlai in the middle of the park.

26 mins: Neto clipped cross falls out to Gusto, but he miscues his effort from the edge of the box.

24 mins: Garnacho wins a foul just inside the Liverpool half after Bradley clips the heels of the Argentine winger.

19 mins: But out of nowhere, a great chance for Liverpool. Gakpo cuts it back to Szoboszlai who is wide open inside the area, but his effort is blocked well by Badiashile.

18 mins: Chelsea have followed that goal up with a nice spell of possession and territory. How the hosts would love to press home their advantage and find a second…

14 mins: What a strike!

Caicedo drives towards the Liverpool box and nobody bothers to close him down. Eventually, the midfielder opts to shoot and it’s an absolute rocket into the top-left corner. No chance for Mamardashvili.

8 mins: It’s been a bright start on the ball for Liverpool without any real threat. On the break, Garnacho threatens to get in behind, but Mamardashvili is quick off his line to clear the danger.

3 mins: Well, we expected it would be James partnering Caicedo in central midfield, but instead it looks like Gusto will take up that role instead.

1 min: And the visitors get us underway!

The players emerge from the tunnel and out onto the pitch, and we’re almost ready to go.

What has the next couple of hours got in store for us?

Under ten minutes to go until kick-off and the atmosphere is building nicely inside Stamford Bridge.

Here’s a reminder of the two starting lineups before we get going:

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, achempong, badiashile, cucurella; James, caicedo; Garnacho, Fernandez, Neto; Joao pedro.

Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili; Bradley, van dijk, konate, kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, szoboszlai, gakpo; Isak.

Chelsea have lost four of our last five home Premier League matches against the reigning champions (one draw, four defeats), having gone undefeated at Stamford Bridge between 2002/03 and 2019/20 (seven wins, six draws).

While it was a comfortable three points against West Ham, there was more injury woes for the Gunners as Martin Odegaard went off with a fresh injury.

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For the first time in his Liverpool reign, the Dutchman is in a spot of trouble after back-to-back defeats.

The Reds have looked noticeably more open in midfield and defence, while summer signing Florian Wirtz has failed to hit the ground running after his record-breaking move.

Three losses on the bounce would not be a disaster by any means – but it would certainly leave the defending champions with plenty to mull over during the international break.

Well, at least temporarily, we have a new league leader after Arsenal picked up a comfortable 2-0 win over West Ham at the Emirates.

And elsewhere, it was a much-needed win for Manchester United, who beat Sunderland by the same scoreline after goals from Mason Mount and Benjamin Sesko.