Liverpool take on Preston in their first pre-season game of the summer. Arne Slot’s Premier League champions travel to the Championship side as they return to action for the first time since the death of Diogo Jota. Tributes will be paid to Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who both died in a car crash in Spain last week.

Preseason play kicks off for Liverpool on Sunday, but it's quite hard to focus on soccer on the pitch following the tragic death of forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in a car accident. Upon returning to training,

That is the almost impossible question that may have been playing on Arne Slot’s mind ever since his squad decided to go ahead with today’s friendly against Preston, so soon after they had to bid the most painful of farewells to Diogo Jota.