It will have been 52 days since the euphoric scenes on The Kop when the Premier League champions attempt to do it all over again, starting with newly-promoted Leeds United on Saturday evening.
In a battle of the 2019/20 title holders, Marcelo Bielsa’s Championship winners will present a tough opening opponent at Anfield for Jurgen Klopp’s side.
Klopp’s squad enjoyed a reasonably successful pre-season, coming out on top of their most recent friendly with a convincing 7-2 victory against Blackburn, despite going two goals behind in the first half.
The squad managed to go on their usual pre-season training camp, this time to Austria as the trip to France became complicated due to quarantine restrictions.
Despite the conjecture about Liverpool’s lack of summer spend at this stage, there is set to be more competition in the squad than previously, with the youngsters a year older and ready to challenge.
Expect more from January signing Takumi Minamino, who has seemed to find his feet on Merseyside in recent weeks.
In terms of team news, Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson remains a doubt for this match despite returning to full training, whilst Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is certain to miss out.
Question marks remain over the availability of new signing Kostas Tsimikas, who tested positive whilst away on international duty with Greece.
Having lost out in the Community Shield on penalties for the second year running, this time to Arsenal, now the serious business begins.
Here’s how we think the German boss will line-up his team against Leeds:
