Chelsea v Liverpool team news - PA

PA Sport, 2 Oct 2004
BRIDGE COULD LAND RECALL

Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge could be restored to left-back for the
Barclays Premiership clash with Liverpool on Sunday.

Bridge has trained since Monday after picking up a knock against Tottenham
and may be given a start at Stamford Bridge after missing out on Wednesday
night's Champions League match against Porto.

Injured trio Adrian Mutu, Celestine Babayaro and Arjen Robben are still
sidelined and will not feature against Liverpool.

Reds boss Rafael Benitez faces difficult decisions as his side try to avoid
a fourth successive away defeat.

Benitez left Harry Kewell on the bench until half-time in the Champions
League defeat away to Olympiacos in midweek, initially opting for
impressive youngster Stephen Warnock down the left.

And the Spanish coach also decided on Milan Baros ahead of Djibril Cisse
for the solo striking role in that match.

He is unlikely to change his away-day style by playing more than one
striker at Chelsea, so the choice will again be from two front men who have
shown inconsistent form and certainly struggle to form a front line
partnership when they have been played together this term.

Youngster Chris Kirkland and Florent Sinama-Pongolle both played the full
90 minutes of a 4-1 reserve win over West Brom at Wrexham on Thursday, but
neither are likely to be risked at Stamford Bridge.

Teams:
Chelsea (from): Cech, Cudicini, Pidgeley, Ferreira, Johnson, Carvalho,
Terry, Gallas, Huth, Bridge, Tiago, Makelele, Lampard, Smertin, Geremi,
Parker, Cole, Duff, Drogba, Gudjohnsen, Kezman.

Liverpool (from): Dudek, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Warnock, Kewell,
Hamann, Alonso, Garcia, Finnan, Cisse, Baros, Pongolle, Kirkland, Diao,
Traore, Biscan, Henchoz.