Liverpool V Bournemouth: Premier League Season Opener – Live

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Diogo Jota is pictured connected nan screen of this evening’s lucifer programme. Arne Slot pays tribute to Liverpool’s No20 and his relative André Silva successful his notes, which corroborate that Jota’s woman Rute Cardoso, his children and family will beryllium astatine Anfield this evening. There will beryllium a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier kick-off, nan players will deterioration achromatic armbands, and Liverpool will deterioration a Forever 20 emblem connected their shirts and jackets.

“We cognize that this will beryllium a very affectional occasion, fixed it is nan first convention crippled we person played since we mislaid Diogo and André. As I person said previously, nan tributes that person been paid passim nan shot world, and particularly wrong nan LFC community, person been genuinely special, and I cognize that coming we will travel together to honour them erstwhile more.

“I judge that Diogo’s wife, his children and his family will beryllium successful attendance and it is important that, arsenic a club, we show that they will ever person our emotion and support arsenic they woody pinch this astir tragic of situations. We are location for them always.”

Preamble

Almost precisely 1 twelvemonth agone – 363 days, to beryllium precise – Liverpool recovered themselves struggling during their play opener astatine Portman Road. Newly promoted Ipswich Town had been nan amended squad successful nan first half, and pinch astir an hr connected nan clock, nan people remained goalless. But past Trent Alexander-Arnold coiled successful from nan right, uncovering his team-mate who ...

... flashed a header wide from six yards, erstwhile it was surely easier to score. Ah well.

No matter, though! That team-mate, an indefatigable bundle of joyous energy, selfless commitment, Fowleresque skill, and straight-up fun, wasn’t to beryllium disheartened. He simply came astatine Ipswich again, 60 seconds later, entering nan container to meet a Mohamed Salah walk by calmly and adroitly whipping a patient sidefoot into nan corner. The first extremity of nan Arne Slot era, a important momentum-shifter, and nan first measurement towards Premier League glory. Diogo Jota took Liverpool to victory. Better than Figo, don’t you know?

A twelvemonth is simply a agelong clip by immoderate reasonable measure, but pinch different play opener upon us, each of that feels peculiarly distant now. Anfield, staging its first competitory fixture since nan tragic passing of Diogo and his relative André Silva, will remember, grieve and observe those beautiful, beloved boys coming pinch a typical Kop mosaic successful their honour. Then a crippled of shot will return place. Kick-off will beryllium astatine 8pm UK time, and Jota is everlastingly Liverpool’s number 20.