Adrian was screaming words of encouragement to the Liverpool defence as they trudged back into position for the kick-off.

Liverpool need to shake that off quickly. What a start from Newcastle!

Alan Kennedy
Former Liverpool left-back on BBC Radio Merseyside

Well I thought Christian Atsu was offside but the linesman didn't and they carried on. It was an unstoppable shot, the goalkeeper was bemused by it. We didn't see that coming, it was their first attack of real note. What a strike! Liverpool will be disappointed to let them in so early.

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Tom Rostance
BBC Sport at Anfield

Wow! I was right behind that strike from Jetro Willems, an absolute stunner.

Could Trent Alexander-Arnold have done better? I don't think he, or anyone, was expecting that finish from the left back's wrong foot...

Christian Atsu manages to bundle his way past Fabinho and plays a nice, threaded ball forward. Virgil van Dijk calls for Adrian to stay on his line - he's got it covered.

The keeper obliges and when Van Dijk pokes it back, he slips it right to Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Coolly done.

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Joelinton does well to hold off Joel Matip but his ball down the right is cut out by Andy Robertson.

Divock Origi then slips as he tries to get past Miguel Almiron.

Tom Rostance
BBC Sport at Anfield

Newcastle are very much 5-4-1 here. A black-and-white striped wall.

Brian Sands: Shaqiri is very definitely a Klopp fall back. May see him second half as sub for Wijnaldum.

Two minutes in and Newcastle are yet to have a touch. As expected, Liverpool are keen to dominate possession early on.

Eventually, Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross is blocked by Christian Atsu but the hosts have a throw-in.

Off we go at Anfield.

BBC One

Lots of expert sport coverage coming up on a big day of Premier League and EFL action today, with all of this to look forward to (all times BST):

Dan Walker and guests take a look ahead at today's fixtures on Football Focus on BBC One, tune in now.

Follow all the goals as they come in with Final Score from 16:00 on BBC One and from 14:30 on Red Button and the BBC Sport website.

Have your say on your team's performance with Alistair Bruce-Ball and Chris Sutton on 606 on BBC Radio 5 Live this evening at 18:00.

See all the goals on Match of the Day at 22:45 on BBC One, where Gary Lineker and guests dissect all the talking points from seven games in the Premier League. Catch up at 07:35 tomorrow if you miss it.

Tom Rostance
BBC Sport at Anfield

Early starts, less refreshment time - whatever it is, early kick-offs do nothing for an atmosphere do they? It takes the teams emerging for the pre-match handshakes for any real noise to be generated inside Anfield.

Virgil van Dijk has got his arms around two young lads in the tunnel. He cracks a joke and the boy on the right is giggling away!

He's got the captain's armband on for Liverpool today with Jordan Henderson on the bench. Jamaal Lascelles gives a shout of "let's go" as he leads the Newcastle team out.

Liverpool's Mo Salah has scored in each of his last three Premier League appearances against Newcastle.

And team-mate Sadio Mane has never lost while playing at Anfield.

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Last spray from the sprinklers. Anfield is absolutely packed, the sun is out and Premier League football is back.

Happy Saturday.

Anon: Football is back. Hate internationals. Come on you reds!! 4-3 anyone?

Kyle: I'm pleased with this Newcastle side with all the injuries we have this is as good a side as we can put out. Good to see it being a 3-4-3 as we played at Spurs with Atsu, Almiron and Joelinton playing as a front 3.

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I am sure Magpies boss Steve Bruce is going to set up his side as they did in their win at Tottenham, camped in their own half to try to stifle Liverpool, but I don't see it working this time.

Prediction: 3-0

Lawro's full predictions v MOTDx stars Chelcee Grimes, Craig Mitch and Reece Parkinson

Roberto Colombi: Think I might need toes as well as my fingers to count how many Liverpool are going to put past us today - this is going to be a long 90 minutes.

Liverpool

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "Steve Bruce, for sure, has a difficult job but he has done fantastic so far. They have kept the style of last season. They sold Salomon Rondon, got Joelinton and he is similar. They have speed for counters.

"It won't be easy. People expect it, probably, but I am really impressed by the solutions they have found so far."

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