Multiple cases of widespread disorder have followed the lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
In the months after the pandemic hit, Liverpool's streets fell silent and outdoor movement was limited to exercise. The closure of the night-time economy saw violence on the streets of the city centre drop dramatically.
But as the government began to loosen restrictions from June onwards, Merseyside Police have dealt with multiple incidents involving disorder linked to the widespread consumption of alcohol.
Bars, pubs and restaurants are allowed to open with social distancing measures in place, with many business owners going the extra mile to make sure their venue is compliant.
Nevertheless, as the weather improved, emotions ran high and booze began to flow more freely, police have been called to deal with some unusual and concerning situations.
Celebrations turn ugly
The first case of widespread violence ignited at Pier Head in the city centre, on June 26, in the days after Liverpool FC won the club's first league title in 30 years.
During a night characterised by increasingly ugly scenes, police officers were pelted with bottles and glasses trying to help injured Christopher Shelbourne, whose jaw was broken in an attack by Kirkdale man Craig Campbell.
Campbell, 26, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent last month and is awaiting sentence.
During the early hours of June 28 police were engaged in running battles with groups of thugs hurling bottles and kicking police vehicles.
Several police officers received minor injuries in the violence, and were praised by senior officers for continuing their shifts.
Shankly brawl
The second serious outbreak of disorder came just under a month later on July 24, after guests at a dance night at the Shankly Hotel in Victoria Street poured onto the street.
Three men were punched unconscious on the street, leaving a 22-year-old man in a critical condition due to head injuries.
It later emerged the attack may have followed an altercation by a group from Liverpool and another from St Helens.
Under two hours after the clash, another fight broke out at the Boar's Head Pub in Elton Head Road, St Helens, which resulted in police being called.
As officers attended the scene they suspected the group were the same as those involved in the earlier incident.
Police say 11 people are under investigation for offences including inflicting GBH with intent, affray, possession of cocaine and a racially aggravated public order offence after a police officer was allegedly racially abused.
Car attack
In another serious incident the very next day, a pub landlord was hospitalised when a reckless thug deliberately drove a car into him following a fight outside the Victoria Hotel in Warrington Road, Rainhill.
After an altercation was broken up, landlord Steve Jones, 48, was hit by a Seat Leon, driving from the direction of Station Road.
Mr Jones told the ECHO at the time: "The fight involved three people. It was moved outside the pub and was stopped, then it briefly re-ignited again.
"There was a lot of shouting and people were trying to break it up.
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"It finished and the next thing I was knocked over by a car, I didn't even see it coming.
"I was lying on the ground and people were telling me to stay there."
Mr Jones spent the night and following day in hospital and suffered a broken collar bone alongside cuts and bruises.
He said: "I do want to thank the people who came in asking about me. We try to make the pub a good place for people, and this was an isolated incident."
Although rises in A&E attendance in the city's hospitals have not been as bad as initially feared according to a spokesman, widespread disorder could become an increasing problem as the night-time economy reopens.
