Liverpool v Fulham LIVE: Premier League score and updates as Bradley Barcola deemed fit to start

4’ – A promising start from the home side here. Araujo and Wirtz try to get something going in the final third before Fulham, who are in a classic 4-4-2 it appears, make an interception.

Victor Munoz has started on the right and Ngumoha on the left. Worth noting if only because Liverpool have four left wingers and no out-and-out right wingers.

And we’re underway at Anfield!

Just a few minutes until we get underway at Anfield!

Will it be three wins on the trot for a Liverpool side that’s now found its feet under Andoni Iraola? Or will Alvaro Arbeloa silence the critics and get lift-off at Fulham?

We’ll have all the action, up next.

Here’s Richard Jolly inside Anfield:

The Premier League experienced something of an influx of mid-to-late 2000s Spanish internationals during the summer, who now join Andoni Iraola in the English top-flight.

One of those was Xabi Alonso, the legendary former Reds midfielder who also starred at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. The other was Alvaro Arbeloa – another ex-Liverpool man, who also turned out for Los Blancos.

Both right-backs, Iraola and Arbeloa found themselves competing for minutes in the Spain setup – a battle that Arbeloa emerged the better from, with his 56 caps far superior to Iraola’s seven.

The Liverpool boss isn’t ashamed to admit he was second best in that regard: “I think we played maybe very few times together in the national team. We were fighting more or less for the same position, but I think he was more successful in that he played more games than me!”

Liverpool unveiled a touching memorial to former Liverpool Women’s manager Matt Beard yesterday, ahead of the first anniversary of his tragic passing.

Beard won two WSL titles with Liverpool in 2013 and 2014 before guiding the club back to the top-flight in 2022 during a second stint.

An inquest found that Beard took his own life, less than a month after his departure from Burnley.

“Loved and missed by all at Liverpool Football Club. YNWA.”

No player received more stick from Liverpool’s own fans last season than Cody Gakpo.

The criticism of the Dutchman’s supposed ineffectiveness under Arne Slot was relentless, and he wouldn’t have been blamed for seeking pastures new in the summer.

A move away very nearly came to fruition to rivals Manchester City no less, but Liverpool rebuffed the £80m approach as it came too late for the Reds to find a replacement.

Gakpo was open to the switch but unlike some, he did not go hugely public with any desire to leave and its collapse has not led to a strop. Instead, he’s emerged as Liverpool’s most in-form player at the start of this campaign.

We’re a fan of this redemption arc.

Last term’s Premier League goal of the season came in a clash between these two sides, with Harrison Reed claiming the award for his stoppage-time piledriver at Craven Cottage which salvaged Fulham a 2-2 draw against Liverpool.

One to relive, unless you’re a Reds fan.

Liverpool and Andoni Iraola got their Champions League campaign off to a winning start in midweek after coming from behind to beat Atletico Madrid.

It was a solid performance from the Reds that seemed to give the Iraola era liftoff – but how do they rank compared to the rest after matchday one?