Embracing the acrimony – Angry Anfield is best for fuelling Liverpool’s charge

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We are one of the few sides on planet football with no need to be awestruck by the Galacticos, not least because we’ve met them more frequently than Norwich this decade. We have no reason to make this one bigger than it already is and it certainly isn’t the time for overthinking it.

We rightly mocked Newcastle for turning our August visit into the Alexander Isak show, but it undoubtedly brought a useful intensity and generated a level of spectacle we don’t have to deal with too often – result notwithstanding. What we believe to be possible come the resumption will, rightly or wrongly, be determined largely by what we see this week.

Liverpool don’t need to beat Real Madrid and Man City – like they did last season – and it would be more of a concern if they did at this early stage. The European Cup has never been handed on a plate but if there is one thing we know it is how to muddle our way through and there has never been a better time to reignite 2025/26 than we’ve got ourselves this week.