Liverpool concludes its Asia tour this pre-season with a game against Yokohama Marinos in Japan. And once that fixture is taken care of, the Reds will return to the UK to continue preparations for the new season from home.

Liverpool could deploy a squeezed 4-2-3-1, in which the nominal wingers Salah and Ekitike are so narrow they operate more as number 10s either side of Florian Wirtz, with the width then provided by two flying full-backs.