Chelsea vs Liverpool Preview

Chelsea will begin life after Graham Potter this Tuesday when they welcome Liverpool to Stamford Bridge.

The London club parted ways with Potter last weekend after a shocking 2-0 home loss to Aston Villa. That result means they come into this tie sitting in eleventh place, 12 points behind the top four.

Interim manager Bruno Saltor has a tough job getting the mood back at Stamford Bridge. The former Brighton player says he has been unable to sleep well since Potter was sacked.

However, he has to keep his feelings aside and maneuver this fixture. A return to Stamford Bridge would likely provide a platform for immediate improvement but confidence among the home crowd might be low as their side has failed to score in four of their seven home PL games this year (W2, D2, L3).

Like Chelsea, Liverpool are also struggling and head coach Klopp has admitted that he still has a job due to his achievements in the past.

Yet, the German knows that the past counts for nothing and that he has to improve immediately to get his side firing and back in the top-four hunt.

A 4-1 loss to Manchester City in their last outing complicated things and put them eight points behind Manchester United in fourth position. It was also their third straight loss, with one-nil losses to Real Madrid and Bournemouth coming before that loss.

Meanwhile, Liverpool have won each of their last nine midweek PL games, a trend they could do with extending further, having suffered five losses from their 11 PL fixtures in 2023 (W4, D2) which is already more than their total of four PL defeats across the entire 2022 calendar year (across two seasons).

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