Another new signing at Anfield is full-back Joe Gomez, who helped the Reds keep a clean sheet on an impressive debut as Liverpool beat Stoke 1-0 on Sunday.

While Liverpool can afford to spend £32.5m on Christian Benteke, Eddie Howe is having to set his sights a little less optimistically.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Anfield

"Big reception from The Kop as this new-look Liverpool come out to warm up. Christian Benteke - the most expensive signing at £32.5m from Aston Villa - will have a major responsibility to provide the added goals Liverpool will need to mount a challenge for a place in the top four.

"The addition of a powerful target man, although he offers plenty of other qualities, is perhaps proof manager Brendan Rodgers is happier to vary his approach than many suggest."

The Liverpool players are leaping and springing about as they go through their warm-up routine on a bright and sunny evening at Anfield.

The pitch looks perfect, but then again it should be - it's the first home game of the season.

Away from the Premier League for just a minute. Everyone likes a bit of showboating. Right? Well, maybe not everyone. Disrespectful or great skill that should be encouraged? 

We have a video on our site which is well worth a watch of a great bit of skill from Rangers loan signing Nathan Oduwa, who showed his talents during the closing stages of his side's 5-1 Scottish Championship win against Alloa.

But Rangers boss Mark Warburton was not too impressed. "I'm not always a big fan of that," he said.

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Ian Perkins: 3rd May 1997. Hereford United v Brighton. One of us was staying up. One of us was going out of the league. Hereford 1-0 up with 28 minutes remaining. Brighton equalised and stayed up. Hereford consigned to non league. Utter despair.

Ric Jones: Sitting in a meeting of fellow Altrincham fans, suddenly realising that the club fold in a matter of days due to the chairman putting club up for sale and giving only a few days to find a buyer, as well as calling in all his 'loans' to the club. Came only a few years after Altrincham went to Birmingham in the FA Cup and beat them.

Shane Hagan: right now as a Sunderland fan!

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Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, speaking to Sky Sports, says:  “It is always about how we perform. We have prepared well for this game, we've had nine days so it is a long time.

“We have to do what we do better. It will be a stern test, a challenge we can hopefully rise to and get a result.

“It is just another match for us. It is obviously important but we can't hype it up to be bigger than it is.

“All our attacking players will be important We are very much lucky forward to the test ahead.”

But the club have also been busy off the field. The wife of Liverpool owner John W Henry has been checking out the view at the top of the new main stand at Anfield. 

And what's that in the distance? None other than Goodison Park, home to Liverpool's Merseyside rivals.

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There is some optimism at Anfield that they could return to the top four this season and reclaim a Champions League spot. There have been plenty of new faces joining the club. And tonight is the first opportunity for the home fans to witness their new stars.

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Danny Ings was an unused substitute in the 1-0 win at Stoke on Sunday so will we see him in action today?

The home fans could also witness the much-anticipated debut of Divock Origi. The 20-year-old Belgium striker joined the Reds in 2014 for £10m before returning immediately to Lille where he spent the season on loan.

Like Ings, he remained on the bench at the Britannia Stadium and could make his debut tonight.

Kathy in Kernow:  I support Torquay United. Enough said.  

Jordan Speers:  Liverpool failing to win the league in 2014. Was a great season but was absolutely gutted when we didn't win it.

Woz Ingham:  Mark Hughes equalising in the last second of extra time in the FA Cup semi final 1994,Oldham's season ended after that.

What a weekend of Premier League football. We had Manchester City embarrassing Jose Mourinho's champions Chelsea 3-0, Spurs being, well, Spurs and throwing away a two-goal lead, while Southampton and Sunderland both conceded three goals at home.

Want to watch a little video from Match of the Day 3 looking at the analysis, stars and funnies from the weekend.

Of course you do. Well, go ahead. Sit back and enjoy.

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While Bournemouth look set to opt for a 4-4-2 formation with two changes from the side that lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa on 8 August - Eunan O'Kane and Max Gradel in for Dan Gosling and Marc Pugh.

Left-back Tyrone Mings, an £8m summer signing from Ipswich Town, remains on the bench for the second game running. Centre-half Sylvain Distin is also on the substitutes bench following his free transfer move to the south coast side from Everton.

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So some more information on the breaking team news from Anfield. It is the same starting line-up as at Stoke on 9 August and we are expecting them to line up like this...

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Christian Benteke's Liverpool debut didn't go brilliantly last weekend. In the 1-0 win at Stoke, he had just one shot and - as shown by the touch graphic below - most of his contribution came from outside the penalty area. He will be hoping for more of an impact today...

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Will Benteke score his first Premier League goal for Liverpool tonight? This stat suggests he may well be the one to punt for if you're betting on a goalscorer.

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As the eagle-eyed among you have probably spotted, we have a vote running and it is a very simple one. We want you to tell us who the top goalscorer in the Premier League is going to be this season.

You have eight options. They are...

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

Christian Benteke (Liverpool)

Diego Costa (Chelsea)

Harry Kane (Tottenham)

Romelu Lukaku (Everton)

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)

If you don't like any of these seven players then we also have an 'other' option for everyone else.

The vote will be open until 22:00 BST and we will tell you the winners shortly afterwards.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Skrtel, Gomez, Henderson, Milner, Coutinho, Lallana, Ibe, Benteke. Subs: Bogdan, Toure, Firmino, Moreno, Can, Origi, Ings.

Bournemouth:  Boruc, Francis, Elphick, Cook, Daniels, Ritchie, O'Kane, Surman, Gradel, King, Wilson. Subs: Federici, Smith, Distin, Mings, Gosling, Pugh, Tomlin 

SJC:  Wales 0 - Russia 1 Euro 2004 playoff. Cried my eyes out.

Will Malcolm:  Turning up to Grimsby in 2002 twenty mins late and palace were already 2-0 down. Lost 5-2.

Tony Creasey:  Snapping my goalkeeper whilst playing Subbuteo

Well Brendan Rodgers clearly rates Adam Lallana higher than the programme editor does. Lallana starts as Liverpool are unchanged from the side that beat Stoke.

Two changes for Bournemouth with Eunan O'Kane and Max Gradel starting in place of Dan Gosling and Marc Pugh.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Anfield

"Hope Brendan Rodgers is not trying to tell Adam Lallana something. His name has been left off tonight's programme list of Liverpool's squad - purely an oversight of course but it would be a new way of dropping the hint. Lallana's number 20 is normally sandwiched between Alberto Moreno and Lucas but it is nowhere to be seen.

"Liverpool co-owners John W.Henry and Tom Werner have just surveyed their Anfield empire from the directors' box - with the giant steel structure of the new Main Stand that is under construction of particular interest."