Chelsea 2 Liverpool 2

[My Blood Is Blue]

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The match is scheduled to kick off at 19:45 hours on Sunday, 2nd January 2022 (Local UK time/date). Live on Sky Sports.

[My Blood Is Blue]

My understanding is that Mendy will be available for Chelsea (and Ziyech as he hasn't been called up by Morocco) and Salah, Mane and Keita will all be available for Liverpool.

Quite simply, must-win. Let's hope we get a competent referee this time... although the odds are against it.

[Ham]

Klopp has asked for 5 subs to be introduced. Expect the rules to be changed just at the moment they need it and just after we did. 

[thevelourfog]

We'll beat this lot and then draw the next two home games, won't we.

[Sciatika]

I wonder if Anthony Taylor is free.

[Mark Kelly]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

Klopp has asked for 5 subs to be introduced. Expect the rules to be changed just at the moment they need it and just after we did. 

I'm expecting a Chelsea player to be removed from play every ten minutes so Liverpool don't have to run about so much .

[My Blood Is Blue]

12 minutes ago, Sciatika said:

I wonder if Anthony Taylor is free.

Apparently his Christmas present this year was to get this game. 

[CarefreeMuratcan]

So hyped for this. As I wrote in a previous post in the Villa thread, I've been trying to get tickets for this all month, constantly refreshing the ticket exchange and never seeing any tickets available, then on Christmas Eve I took a punt and there was 1 in the MHL, I refreshed the page hoping it was someone selling 2 seats together and the ticket next to it popped up as well. I made it a last minute Christmas present to my Dad, last game we went to together was the CL Final.

Kai to score in a 1-0 win it is :)

This is the first game where safe standing will officially be allowed, so looking forward to see if it gives the atmosphere an extra oomph.

2 hours ago, Ham said:

Klopp has asked for 5 subs to be introduced. Expect the rules to be changed just at the moment they need it and just after we did. 

His moaning about the traditional 26th December and 28th December fixtures is awfully suspicious considering their Boxing Day game getting cancelled.

2 hours ago, My Blood Is Blue said:

My understanding is that Mendy will be available for Chelsea (and Ziyech as he hasn't been called up by Morocco) and Salah, Mane and Keita will all be available for Liverpool.

Quite simply, must-win. Let's hope we get a competent referee this time... although the odds are against it.

We owe them a beating after they got away with it at Anfield. We are all over them that first half and should have been 2, maybe 3 up before the handball mayhem.

Edited December 27, 2021 by CarefreeMuratcan

[Mana]

We have Brighton to worry about before this game.

[blueandproud]

Lose this, and there will be no papers read TV watched or radio listened to until the next game.  I hate losing to this lot! Their media apologists and fanboys make me sick!

Edited December 27, 2021 by blueandproud