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?G'day Rob,? writes Chris Paraskevas, our antipodean Geordie. ?Hope you?re well! Currently out with Mum for dinner (Mother?s Day festivities... got her a present in the hope it?ll score me an early mark... not that she runs my life, I?m an adult now.)
?Gordon and Botman coming back is heartening, although Trippier had really played his way into form in recent weeks. Whether Burn will be exposed in that left-back spot is the big question, though he?s deceptively mobile.
Chelsea: Nothing fancy here ? you can?t look past Cole Palmer. The 23-year-old makes Chelsea tick and his mojo was back against Liverpool. A late penalty ended an 18-match goal drought and there was encouragement from a performance full of Palmer?s trademark creative genius.
Not that Chelsea are a one-man team. Mois?s Caicedo was named the club?s player of the year last week. The midfielder has continued to excel since being deployed as an auxiliary right-back. The ploy has allowed Enzo Maresca to put Romeo Lavia next to Enzo Fern?ndez, who has been in fine goalscoring form. Nicolas Jackson?s return from a hamstring injury has also sharpened the attack. As for the defence, Levi Colwill and Trevoh Chalobah will have to be at their best against Alexander Isak.
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