‘Confident’ – Fabrizio Romano hints at Liverpool team news boost hours before Chelsea clash

He posted: ‘Liverpool are confident for Giorgi Mamardashvili to recover in time and start against Chelsea.’

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Fingers crossed Mamardashvili will be fit to face Chelsea

We won’t know until shortly after 11am whether or not the 25-year-old has won his race against time to be fit for today’s clash, but Romano’s update suggests that there’s a strong chance we’ll see his name on the teamsheet.

Considering the extent of Liverpool’s injury troubles at present, it’d certainly be a welcome return for Mamardashvili if he makes it in time to face Chelsea, who go to Anfield off the back of six straight league defeats.

It might be a situation where the Georgian isn’t quite 100% to start and is held in reserve on the bench, in which case Woodman would be set to start a third consecutive game. Judging by his excellent performance against Crystal Palace a fortnight ago, nobody will be complaining if he’s in the team again today.

Our goalkeeping options are in line for a further boost in the coming days, with Slot indicating on Friday that Alisson is ‘very close’ to a return to training, raising hopes of him being back for the visit to Aston Villa next weekend.

It’d be great to see Mamardashvili back in the line-up today if he’s passed fit. If the 25-year-old doesn’t quite make it, we have every faith in Woodman to stand up to whatever Chelsea throw at him.