Chelsea could hand a debut to £88.5m signing Mykhailo Mudryk against Liverpool but will still be without defensive duo Reece James and Ben Chilwell for their trip despite returning to team training.
The England full-backs have had differing injury problems which have kept them out of the side. James' comeback against Bournemouth was halted as he was forced off with a different issue that ruled him out of the World Cup.
Meanwhile, the former Leicester City defender suffered a hamstring injury in the latter stages of Chelsea's Champions League encounter against Dinamo Zagreb - like James - returned to training this week. However, the Londoners are without a host of players through injury.
