Will Xabi Feature Against Chelsea?

It was hoped that Xabi Alonso would make an appearance against Man United at the weekend but it wasn’t to be. Now, the Liverpool echo is reporting the the Spaniard is in line for an appearance against Chelsea tomorrow night.

Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge tomorrow night to take on Chelsea in the last of the “big games” of the year. While the performance against United was decent, Chelsea have been enjoying quite a good spell under Avram Grant (unbeaten in seventeen games) and need to be ruthless against the Londoners on Wednesday.

While Javier Mascherano has stepped up to the plate with some quality performances in recent weeks, Xabi’s presence has been missed in the Liverpool midfield and squad overall. Hopefully some time on the pitch against Chelsea can help reverse the unfortunate loss against United at the weekend.

Recent games (Reading, Marseille and United) have put the regulars in the first team to the test. Alonso hasn’t played first team football since the Arsenal game back in October so any addition to the squad at this time of the year (four games to play in December alone, including tomorrow night) would be welcome. Hopefully we’ll see Steven Finnan back in action as well after missing some time on the pitch, but we’re going to have to wait another while before seeing Daniel Agger back in action.

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