Premier League Showdown: Chelsea vs Liverpool to Take Place Tomorrow as Players Make Their Exit

ABU DHABI, 3rd April, 2020 (WAM) — Chelsea and Liverpool are looking forward to healing their wounds when they meet tomorrow, Tuesday, at Stamford Bridge in London, in the postponed match between them from the eighth round of the English Premier League.
The two teams are entering the match after each of them suffered a defeat at the beginning of this week, which weakened what remained of their hopes of competing for one of the qualifying places for the European Championship.
Liverpool suffered a severe defeat 1-4 against Manchester City, to drop to eighth place in the competition table, with 42 points, 8 points behind Newcastle and Manchester United, who finished third and fourth, the last places to qualify for the Champions League next season.
Chelsea lost 0-2 at home to Aston Villa, to freeze its score at 38 points in eleventh place, 11 points behind fifth-placed Tottenham, the qualifying center for the European League competition next season.
This defeat led to the removal of coach Graham Potter from responsibility in Chelsea, so that the team will play tomorrow’s match under the temporary management of coach Bruno Salter until a new coach is appointed.
Therefore, tomorrow’s match represents a lifeline for the two teams.. In Liverpool, the team is looking forward to getting rid of its new setback in the current season after two consecutive defeats in the competition and returning to search for a position that qualifies it to participate in the Champions League, despite its difficult situation.
And in Chelsea, the team, led by Salter, seeks to get out of the remaining matches in the season with the least losses and looks forward to considering tomorrow’s match as part of its important preparations for the difficult confrontation with Real Madrid in the middle of next week in the Champions League.
And while the statistics are in favor of Liverpool before this confrontation, it is difficult for the team to feel optimistic after the level of the defense line in the last match against Manchester City.
The match of the two teams in the first round of the league this season ended in a goalless draw at Liverpool Stadium, preceded by two final matches between the two teams last season, and Liverpool decided them in favor of a penalty shootout to crown last season the FA Cup and the English Professional League Cup.
And in other matches tomorrow, postponed from the seventh round, Bournemouth will meet with Brighton, Leicester City with Aston Villa, and Leeds United with Nottingham Forest.