Wwelcome to our live coverage of Liverpool vs Manchester City in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain for the top campaign.
These two sides have dominated English football for the past few seasons and it wouldn’t be a surprise if they compete for the Premier League title again this year.
How much this match will tell us about an eventual title fight remains to be seen – and it will also be interesting to see how both managers line up today at King Power Stadium, where the Euro 2022 final clash between England and Germany takes place. tomorrow at Wembley.
You would think neither Jurgen Klopp nor Pep Guardiola would give their rivals any chance at a slight mental edge for the season, but that has to be balanced against the ongoing training requirements for the season.
Both sides have also tweaked their attacking options slightly this year, with trusty goal-getter Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane replaced by shiny youngsters Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez – and it could be a first real glimpse of how those new cogs fit in two. – well-oiled winning machines.
However, Klopp has already suggested that it will be a new impulse rather than a new invention for his side.
The German said: “We want to be the team that nobody wants to play against because when they have the ball they have pressure everywhere and when we have the ball we have to have more consistency and when we have the ball we have to get new ones. In order to create ways, we have to help the guys with positioning, not reinvent ourselves, don’t need to just add new things here and there. We were really into that.”
Today’s match starts live on ITV at 5pm. We will have all the preparations for the match for you before then and live updates after that.