Dejan Lovren could make his first appearance since the World Cup final when Liverpool host Chelsea in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
The Croatia international has yet to feature for the Premier League leaders this season having returned from the World Cup with a stomach injury but may be included in Jürgen Klopp’s squad for the third round tie at Anfield having resumed full training. “Dejan looks actually quite good,” the Liverpool manager said on Tuesday. “He has trained completely normal now four times. He looks ready.”
Lovren faces a fight to reclaim his starting place on a regular basis with Joe Gomez having formed an impressive central defensive partnership with Virgil van Dijk. Van Dijk is unlikely to be risked in the first of two meetings this week with Chelsea, however, as he recovers from the rib injury that forced him out of Saturday’s league win over Southampton. “It’s still a bit painful but he is much better,” Klopp added. “It’s how we thought - not too serious but it needs to settle. We will have to see how he is before I make a decision.”
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