Liverpool get their season underway against visitors West Ham at Anfield today.
After an encouraging transfer window, Jurgen Klopp’s men will be looking to hit the ground running as they attempt to keep title favourites Manchester City within their sights across the coming months.
The Hammers, meanwhile, will be similarly buoyed by their own summer business having spent almost £100m on new signings.
If history is anything to go by, though, West Ham look set for a difficult game. They’ve conceded more than 14 goals in their last four encounters with the Reds.
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Live Updates
15:11
81 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
Shaqiri makes his debut in place of Mane, the game is over and Liverpool look to be treating the last ten minutes as a practice session, everyone seeing who can score first
15:07
77 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
Another half chance for Liverpool, Keita works the ball forward before laying it off to Robertson on the overlap who tries to find Salah in the box but it goes past him
15:02
72 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
Wijnaldum takes a long shot for Liverpool, the home side attacking now with the confidence of scoring every time they go forward
14:58
68 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
Firmino goes off in place of Jordan Henderson, with West Ham already having brought on Yarmolenko and Hernandez as they try to get back into this game
14:55
65 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
Liverpool have a free kick on the edge of the West Ham box, Milner takes it but it's blocked by Wilshere who goes down after it hits him in a delicate area, Anthony Taylor takes pity on him and brings play to a stop.
14:51
62 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
Wijnaldum almost made it four for Liverpool, he gets in behind the defence as Alexander-Arnold's chip over the top comes in but he's ruled offside.
14:47
58 mins: Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham
The game is settling down now to a more manageable level, Liverpool are still in control but they've lost a bit of pace compared to the first half.
14:40
52 mins: GOAL! Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham - Mane
That's curtains for West Ham, Milner gets the ball in mid-field before passing it to Firmino who finds another pocket of space, he draws the defenders towards him before giving the ball to Mane in the box, he turns and places the ball into the back of the net.
Replays show Mane was offside but it wasn't clocked by the referee or the linesmen so Liverpool continue to increase their lead
14:38
48 mins: Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham
Chance for West Ham, Snodgrass delivers a corner into the box and it's helped on by Felipe Anderson into the path of Antonio who tries a half attempted over head kick sending the ball wide
14:35
SECOND HALF: Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham
Snodgrass comes on in place of Rice for West Ham as they get the match back underway at Anfield, what words of wisdom has Manuel Pellegrini delivered to his side to get them back into this match?
14:21
HALF TIME: Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham
And in the second 13:30pm kick off game today Southampton 0 - 0 Burnley
14:16
45+1 mins: GOAL! Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham - Mane
Liverpool double their lead. West Ham had a corner but Liverpool break forward after it is cleared and Mane feeds the ball to Salah whose cross is blocked by Fredericks but the ball falls to Robertson, he whips it long to Milner who catches it on the volley to pass it back across goal into the path of Mane for another easy tap in.
14:15
44 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
Great work again from Fabianski, Mane flicks the ball into the box and into the path of a storming Salah but the West Ham goalkeeper is quick off his line and he claims the ball
14:14
42 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
West Ham win a free kick in mid-field after they defend strongly again, but the problem is the pace at which Liverpool are playing, they win back the ball and but Felipe Anderson dispossess Alexander-Arnold on the right wing
14:09
37 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
Salah should have a hat-trick by now, Firmino this time gets the ball on the right hand side of the box before darting forward and laying it to Salah in front of goal whose shot is straight at Fabianski
14:07
33 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
West Ham have the most controlled passage of play, they keep hold of the ball in mid-field and Arnautovic leaves the ball to run to Antonio who is ruled offside, Liverpool immediately punt the ball up field and Keita whips the ball in and Salah is there to head it into the path of Fabianski
14:02
29 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
Ooh! Referee Anthony Taylor gets in the way of Wijnaldum who tries to run the ball away from Liverpool's area but the ball comes to Arnautovic who's free in front of goal but his shot is dragged wide,
13:58
27 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
Chance for West Ham to level, Arnautovic gets in behind the Liverpool centre-backs and wins a corner with his shot across goal, Wilshere takes it and Babuena is there but his header finds Alisson
13:55
23 mins: Liverpool 0 - 0 West Ham
SAVE! Alexander-Arnold takes the free kick but Fabianski dives to his right and palms the ball behind for a corner.
Milner takes it but it is cleared away, yet Liverpool come again it's Keita this time running the ball into the area but there are three defenders around him and his shot on goal goes wide.
13:53
22 mins: Liverpool 1 - 0 West Ham
Free kick for Liverpool in a dangerous area as Noble dives in to challenge Firmino
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What time does it kick off?
1.30pm on Sunday 12 August, Anfield.
Where can I watch it?
Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event will be providing live coverage of the game.
