Liverpool's nightmare final five Premier League fixtures and ultimate Andoni Iraola revenge risk
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SportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool will begin the 2026/27 Premier League season away at Newcastle United, as the fixtures for the new season were released on Friday morningLiverpool will kick off their new Premier League campaign with a trip to St James' Park to face Newcastle United on the opening Super Sunday of the new season. Andoni Iraola's first competitive home game in charge of the Reds will be against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, August 29 - but the date for the game at Anfield could still change.Unlike last season, the Reds won’t start the new campaign as the reigning Premier League champions, with Arsenal finally coming out on top last time around.
Arne Slot might have won the title in his first season in charge of the Reds, but he was sacked at the end of last month after a pitiful defence ended with Liverpool stumbling to a fifth-place finish.However, with former Bournemouth boss Iraola in charge, Reds supporters will no doubt head into the new season dreaming of getting back on their perch.But the Cherries might have something to say about that given they face the Reds at Anfield on the final day of the season.The game against Bournemouth will conclude a five-game run that will see Iraola's side come up against five of the teams who finished in the top 10 last season.First up is a home match against Chelsea on May 1; the game will also see Xabi Alonso make an emotional return to Anfield.Then, a week later, a trip to the Etihad awaits the Reds, and they were beaten both home and away by Manchester City last season.Brentford, who Liverpool failed to beat last season, then visit Anfield, before a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion awaits Virgil van Dijk and his team-mates.Although Liverpool beat Brighton at home in the league and FA Cup last season, they lost 2-1 in the league game at the American Express Stadium.Iraola then faces his former employers at Anfield on Sunday, May 30, as his side conclude their domestic campaign.That game ends a five-game run that could be crucial in Liverpool's pursuit of title number 21.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageThousands of Liverpool fans upgraded their matchday last season.
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