Chelsea have named their team to face Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday with Reece James making his first appearance of the campaign at Anfield.The Chelsea captain returns to the side at

Chelsea captain Reece James has recovered from injury and is available to make his season debut at Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday, manager Enzo Maresca said.

Slot opted to leave all his South American players on the bench mindful of their long trip back to the UK following the international break. Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister and Darwin Nunez were all named among the substitutes with Dominik Szoboszlai lining up in midfield alongside Curtis Jones and the in-form Ryan Gravenberch.

Mohamed Salah scored a first-half penalty after Curtis Jones was brought down by Levi Colwill. Liverpool briefly thought they had a second spot-kick after Robert Sanchez sent Jones crashing to the floor, but a VAR review showed the Chelsea keeper got the ball first and the decision was overturned.

Liverpool's "heavy metal" approach under Jurgen Klopp may be a thing of the past - but Arne Slot passed his first big test against Chelsea.

But manager Enzo Maresca threw us all a curve ball when he picked the full back to start today, at Anfield. A massive game to be dropped into. The manager was inevitably questione

Enzo Maresca’s decision to select Reece James today was surprising, given the defender hasn’t played a competitive game in 6 months, and the decision to select Romeo Lavia from the start was only

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca admits he was ‘afraid’ of Reece James and Romeo Lavia getting injured in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield. Mohamed Salah produced a goal and assist as Arne Slot’s side secured all three points against the Blues to move back to the top of the Premier League table.