Jota tragedy affects us all - Scott

Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott knows it will be an emotional occasion when the Cherries go to Anfield for the first Premier League game of the new campaign on 15 August.

Champions Liverpool beginning the defence of their title will be completely overshadowed by the knowledge it is the first time the club will have played a league game since forward Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, were killed in a car crash in northern Spain as they returned to England.

"It was terrible news," Scott told BBC Sport.

"It affects everyone; all football players, all people around the world. It is devastating.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones, and of course everyone at Liverpool.

"Obviously, [in that first game] we are against them. We are the opposition but we have to be there for them as well. We are competitors but we are all footballers and we are all people."