Enzo Maresca has named an unchanged XI in the Premier League for the first time in six months as Chelsea face Liverpool. The Blues come into the game off the ba

Chelsea welcome the new Premier League champions Liverpool to Stamford Bridge this afternoon. The Blues will have the job of applauding Arne Slot ’s side onto the pitch in a much-dreaded Guard of Honour ahead of kick-off.

Liverpool’s players could be forgiven for having one eye on their summer trips to Mykonos or Ibiza, but they might just fancy putting a dent in Chelsea’s Champions League aspirations first. The enmity between the newly-crowned champions and the London club is not quite as intense as the mid-noughties but given Chelsea’s spending power they remain potential rivals.