Source: Telegraph
Liverpool's Steven Gerrard: we must get Fiorentina loss out of our system
It will be Liverpool's first game since their dreadful Champions League display on Tuesday, when they lost 2-0 away to Fiorentina.
Liverpool, after six successive previous victories, know they must bounce back quickly as they face a tough few weeks.
Rafael Benitez should have midfielder Javier Mascherano back from a slight hamstring injury for the trip to west London.
And Danish defender Daniel Agger could be available after coming through an hour of the reserves' 2-0 win against Manchester City on Tuesday, his first game of the season after a knee operation.
Over the next seven games, Liverpool face Chelsea and Manchester United in the league, Lyon twice in the Champions League, plus a Carling Cup date away to Arsenal.
Gerrard said: "We need to get the defeat in Florence out of our system quickly, because we have a massive game now at Chelsea on Sunday.
"We were second best all over the pitch against Fiorentina and that is not good enough. Usually we play with a high tempo and without that we were really disappointing.
"What we need is to produce a reaction from this defeat at Stamford Bridge, that has to be the aim now.
Benitez wants Mascherano in the side at Stamford Bridge. He said: "I expect Javier to be fit for the Chelsea game, he will be ready.
"He was very close to being fit to play in Florence, but he had a slight hamstring problem and could not train in our final session before we left for Italy on Monday, so he could not be risked."
