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Liverpool vs. Chelsea; Capital One (League) Cup
Topic Started: Jan 18 2015, 09:02 PM (3,080 Views)
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Liverpool F.C. vs. Chelsea F.C.
Capital One Cup Semi Final (1st Leg), 20 Jan. 2015, 19:45 GMT (2:45pm US EST) at Anfield

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Liverpool play host to Chelsea in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final at Anfield on Tuesday evening. The Reds will aim to take a step closer to Wembley by securing a positive result ahead of next week's return meeting at Stamford Bridge. The teams last met in the League Cup in the fifth round of the tournament in November 2011, when Liverpool recorded a 2-1 victory in London en route to lifting the trophy.
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Liverpool FC Xtra: 9 key stats ahead of the Capital One Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Anfield
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'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' - Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.
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Liverpool FC Xtra: 9 key stats ahead of the Capital One Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Anfield
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I reckon Chelsea will put a full team out tonight, they have Burnley at the weekend and can rest players then. Another tough game if our players play to their best we can win the first leg
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This Is Anfield: Predicting the Liverpool lineup against Chelsea: Gerrard in for Borini?
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The Line Up
Rodgers has a number of availabilities over his team selection, but having revealed in his pre-match press conference that the seasons objectives of winning a trophy and qualifying for the Champions League remain the same, the Reds are set to line up strongly. Having battled to secure maximum points against Paul Lambert’s Villa last weekend, Rodgers could stick with the same XI that started in the win with the chance to rotate on Saturday and a positive result needed ahead of the second leg. Choosing to stick with the same XI would see the Reds lineup like so on Tuesday night:

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However, the Ulsterman could still name a strong team and make a small number of changes to his team selecting the best XI of the available squad to provide Liverpool with an advantage for the return fixture next week.

One possible change could see the Reds boss bring Manquillo back into the side at right wing-back to provide more defensive protection and compliment Alberto Moreno on opposite side, and Rodgers could bring Steven Gerrard or Adam Lallana back into the XI in place of Borini, allowing Sterling to return to his role as a striker. If Rodgers does choose to make changes to his side, it should result in his team looking like this come kick-off on Tuesday night:

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Hope Sakho starts, we need him to cut Costa in half buttrock
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BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty at Anfield
Liverpool v Chelsea (19:45 GMT)
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"Freezing temperatures at Anfield as the old rivalry is renewed with Liverpool meeting Chelsea in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has called for their fans to show respect for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard - still taunted about his slip against these opponents at Anfield in April as Liverpool slid to a defeat that proved so costly in a Premier League title context.

"Gerrard is leaving Liverpool for LA Galaxy at the end of the season and their fans know what they want. A banner held up in the Main Stand is emblazoned with the words 'Get Gerrard To Wembley' - and the captain is back tonight, replacing striker Fabio Borini in the only change from the side that won at Aston Villa on Saturday."
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...from the BBC's Twitter feed....
-Andy in Somerset: Liverpool need to win by at least two clear goals to have any chance of progressing, I think we can do, fancy Lazar Markovic and Raheem Sterling to score and Simon Mignolet keeping another clean sheet. Also a bonus Oscar isn't starting.
-Andy in Armagh: Anytime a team managed by Jose Mourinho goes up against a Liverpool side there's always high drama. As a neutral I'm really looking forward to this one. My money's on a narrow away win in a real battle of a game.
-William Dobbs: Liverpool have to get goals in this first leg to have a chance of getting through - I just can't see where they're coming from in that line-up.
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'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' - Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.
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....this should be interesting...snow in the L4!
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(BBC) Liverpool v Chelsea (19:45 GMT)
Posted at 19:30
--Forget what I said about the weather at Anfield, snow flakes have just started to fall. It's nothing too major but you can expect the long sleeves and glove count to ramp up.

...now all we need are hot chocolate and some Mexican churros' and we'll be all set... thumb1
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'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' - Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.
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Starting Lineups....
-Liverpool: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Sakho, Markovic, Henderson, Lucas, Moreno, Gerrard, Coutinho, Sterling (Substitutes) Jose Enrique, Lambert, Manquillo, Lallana, Borini, Rossiter, Ward
-Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Filipe Luis, Mikel, Matic, Willian, FĂ bregas, Hazard, Diego Costa (Substitutes) Cech, Zouma, Ramires, Oscar, Drogba, Remy, Azpilicueta
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(BBC) Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho speaking to Sky Sports before kick-off: "We are always confident, but we know that it is always tough against Liverpool, and it is always difficult at Anfield. So I think it's best to forget the last two good results that we had here and focus on now. We are not excepting an easy one.

"I selected John Mikel Obi ahead of Oscar because we play against a good team. This is only the first half of the match, and we know Liverpool are strong going forward with fast, creative players. I think it's important to bring one fresh player to give us stability in midfield. At this moment I want to win the game, but maybe the game goes in a different way where a draw is a good result. If we play well and get a draw I will maybe not be so happy, but if Liverpool play well and we get a lucky draw then I would be happy."
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(BBC) Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers speaking to Sky Sports before kick-off: "We are in a different moment to when we met Chelsea in the Premier League. Even though we took the lead in that game I never felt that we were never comfortable. We are much more confident now.

"Tonight it will be a tight game. The objective is to make sure we are in the game for the second leg. Ideally you want a lead going into that second leg, but a 0-0 or a draw is not always a bad result. You don't need to win the tie outright here."
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'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' - Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.
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BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty at Anfield
Liverpool v Chelsea (19:45 GMT)
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"Not often the words of Jose Mourinho fall on deaf ears with Chelsea fans - but they have totally ignored his plea not to sing the song taunting Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard for the slip that let Demba Ba in for that crucial here at Anfield late last season."
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'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' - Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.
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...awaiting the kickoff from the L4...
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'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' - Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.
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Liverpool v Chelsea (19:45 GMT)
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(BBC) "We'll sing what we want" is I believe the witty riposte most sets of fans fall back on when they are told not to sing something. Steven Gerrard applauds the old ground. He'll miss this when he's playing the Colorado Rapids.
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