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Virgil van Dijk consoles an emotional Darwin Nunez(Image: Matt McNulty/Getty Images)

Liverpool's stars were left fighting back tears as the club's supporters sang about Diogo Jota following the Reds first match since the star's passing.

Players clapped along with Mohamed Salah at the forefront and Kostas Tsimikas doing his best to sing along, clearly impacted by the moment.

It was a moving scene at Deepdale where Arne Slot also looked touched by the moment that felt more important and more impactful that the minutes Liverpool's stars got in their legs against Preston.



And Liverpool's fans made sure his name was heard throughout the match.

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When they called out his name after 20 minutes, in reference to his squad number that was retired, all corners of Deepdale rose to their feet and joined in an applause.

Conor Bradley could not help but look to the sky when he opened the scoring after 33 minutes, before being joined by his team-mates.

The Dutchman wanted his team to reflect the characteristics they loved in Jota, and to carry the player in their thoughts.

Fans sang Diogo Jota's name following the match against Preston North End(Image: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

"Nothing seems to be important if we think of what has happened," said Slot.

"But we are a football club and we need to train and we need to play again, if we want it or not.

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"What I’ve said to the players, I can say it here as well.

If they want to train they can train, if they don’t want to train they can not train.