Liverpool and Chelsea will face a huge struggle in re-arranging their postponed Premier League fixture next year after being drawn in opposite weeks for the Champions League knockout stages.
The pair were due to play at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, September 18, but saw their fixture called off as London braced itself for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on the Monday - the Reds also saw their home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers the weekend before cancelled just days after the Queen's passing.
Teams competing in European competition already face a huge problem in re-arranging said games, with unprecedented fixture congestion filling almost every midweek opportunity between now and the end of the season - thanks mainly to the upcoming six-week hiatus as players head to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup.
