Ipswich vs Liverpool - Premier League: Live score, team news, updates

Recognise this happy chap?

Of course, you do, it's megastar artist Ed Sheeran. While he is not selling out stadiums with his music, he loves to pop down to the footie.

Sheeran is a boyhood Ipswich Town fan and only two days ago he bought a minority stake in the football club.

there was no way he was going to miss his side's return to the top flight, and he seems buzzing to be there.

He even took some time to be interviewed by Peter Crouch. What a duo!

Matt Barlow, Mail Sport, at Portman Road:

Ryan Gravenberch has a big day ahead of him.

A lot has been made of Liverpool's need to sign a holding midfielder this summer.

They tried and failed with Martin Zubimendi this summer, similar to what happened with Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia last year.

Arne Slot has decided to find a solution from within, and the man for the job seems to be Ryan Gravenberch.

It's an unfamiliar role for the Dutchman, but he will need to get used to it very quickly.

It will be interesting to see how he adapts today.

No smiles from Slot.

Liverpool have arrived at Portman Road and they look like they mean business, don't they?

Arne Slot doesn't even show his signature smile, he probably has too much on his mind, to be honest.

I wonder how they are all feeling about these new beginnings.

When isn't he?

Mo Salah and opening day matches are a match made in heaven, he always seems to bag a goal.

Last season was the first time since signing for Liverpool in 2017 that he didn't net in matchday one.

He has scored eight goals on the Premier League opening day, the joint most with Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, and Alan Shearer.

If the Egyptian scores today he will have the outright most with nine.

You wouldn't want to bet against him.

And here is Ipswich's first Premier League starting 11 in 22 years.

New signings Kalvin P{hillips and Sammie Szmodics have been included in the squad as they take their place on the bench.

Kieran McKenna has largely gone with his usual line-up from the Championship but has added a bit more star quality with Liam Delap lining up at the top.

Is this side good enough to cause Liverpool problems? I believe so.

The first Premier League 11 of the Arne Slot era is here!

The Dutchman has gone with what looks like his go-to 4-2-3-1 formation, with Diogo Jota leading the line.

Jarrell Quansha has been chosen to play alongside captain Virgil van Dijk in the heart of defence.

Meanwhile, Ryan Gravenberch will play in the No6 role... interesting.

Ooooh, now this is interesting.

Both Klavin Phillips and Sammie Szmodics only signed for Ipswich Town yesterday, but they are eligible to play today.

Mail Sport's Lewis Steele has spotted them arriving with the rest of Kieran McKenna's squad.

Does that mean they will get some action?

We will find out in just a few minutes.

Portman Road, what a stadium.

It has a real old-school feel about it, very similar to that of Everton's Goodison Park.

When I last went to the stadium it was rocking and that was when they were gunning for League One promotion.

Today will be another level.

There will be no Jurgen Klopp in the dugout for Liverpool today.

Writing that sentence felt really weird, I'm still not used to it. It's been nearly a decade since someone else other than Klopp led out the Reds.

Well, today that changes. The Arne Slot era begins.

He's been handed a pretty tough fixture to start off with, facing a promoted side is never easy.

But both the Dutchman and his new side will want to get off to a storming start to show that they mean business this year.

By business, I mean football-wise... They haven't exactly been conducting any of it elsewhere (if you catch my drift).

It must feel like Christmas Day for Ipswich Town fans.

I bet they couldn't sleep well last night and then woke up at the crack of dawn this morning raring to go.

Luckily for them, it's a lunchtime kick-off. They don't have to wait long.

It's been 22 years since the Tractor Boys last graced the Premier League - a lot of time has passed since then.

To put it in perspective, I was only two when Ipswich were last in the English top flight.

So yeah, it's been a while.

But now they are back and they are not just here to make up the numbers. Opening day matches don't get much tougher than facing Liverpool, though.

They will need Portman Road to be rocking.

Has everybody recovered from last night?

Last night saw the return of the Premier League and of course, it had to come back with a bit of drama.

Now, we are really getting into the swing of things with our first Saturday back, and my word is it going to be a cracking day.

We start in style with newly-promoted Ipswich Town hosting a Liverpool side who are not managed by Jurgen Klopp.

Based on these two sides, I'd say expect goals, but I also said that yesterday and we only got one...

Anyway, that's enough of an introduction, let's get this show on the road!