Aldo on Chelsea v LFC

Liverpool against Chelsea is always one of the biggest games of the season, writes John Aldridge in the Liverpool Echo.

But add in the fact that Chelsea were caught cold by Wigan last weekend and the Reds were stung by Fiorentina in midweek - and it makes tomorrow's match all the more intriguing.
 
For the neutrals, this one is beautifully set up. Ancelotti will want to see a reaction from his players to a shock league defeat - while Rafa Benitez is rightly demanding one big time from the players who were so disappointing in that first half in Italy.
 
Every Liverpool player must deliver a response if we're to bag the three points - or even a point at Stamford Bridge.
 
But we won there last season and scored four goals in the Champions League too and after what we did to Hull last weekend, there is no reason to believe we can't win it.
 
But it will be tough.
 
Many pundits think the likes of Torres and Drogba, Gerrard and Lampard, are likely to be the men to settle this one.
 
But for me the really key men could be those at the back.
 
Liverpool's defence has wobbled at times this season as we know, but on Sunday we'll need really big performances from the likes of Martin Skrtel and Jamie Carragher if we are to succeed.
 
Equally, Chelsea's back pair, John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho, will have their work cut out trying to shackle Torres and co.
 
Last season we took a tremendous 14 points from 18 against Chelsea, United and Arsenal in the League. I feel we'll need to do that - or something close to it again - if we're to win the title.
 
We'll have to be right at it on Sunday in the way we weren't in Fiorentina.
 
Chelsea will react too - and we must be ready to match and better them in every area. 
 
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