Pretty pleased with the CL schedule.
First of all we start at home which gives us a good chance of starting the group off on the right foot. We face Atletico in the back-to-back with the first game being on October 19th by which time the team should be up and running properly.
LIV - MIL
ATM - POR
POR - LIV
MIL - ATM
ATM - LIV
POR - MIL
LIV - ATM
MIL - POR
LIV - POR
ATM - MIL
MIL - LIV
POR - ATM
In terms of fixtures around the CL games it looks good too. It's good that we play other teams involved in Europe on the back of our CL games 3 times, including City after Porto away, United after Atletico away, and West Ham after Atletico home. Teams who don't play in Europe would have a full week to prepare for games against us so wouldn't be ideal.
It's also noteworthy that Man City will play Chelsea away and PSG away right before coming to Anfield, which shapes up to be a pretty tough week for them. In contrast we have Brentford away and Porto away which may offer some opportunity for rotation.
The 3 gameweeks where we don't play teams involved in European competition after the midweek CL games are when we play Palace (H), Southampton (H), and Villa (H), all of which are home games, thus minimizing travel disruption. These 3 games are all very winnable against bottom half sides too which is ideal for squad rotation. Those teams will have a full week to prepare for us, but we should still have enough strength to see them off at Anfield even with some rotation.
Leeds (A) Sun 12 Sept
AC MILAN (H) September 15
Palace (H) Sat 18 Sept
Brentford (A) Sat 25 Sept
PORTO (A) September 28
Man City (H) Sun 3 Oct
Watford (A) Sat 16 Oct
ATLETICO (A) October 19
Man United (A) Sun 24 Oct
Brighton (H) Sat 30 Oct
ATLETICO (H) November 3
West Ham (A) TBC 5/6 Nov
Arsenal (H) TBC 20/21 Nov
PORTO (H) November 24
Southampton (H) TBC 27/28 Nov
Wolves (A) TBC 4/5 Dec
AC MILAN (A) December 7
Villa (H) TBC 11/12 Dec
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