The Premier League draw took place on Thursday, and the opening match on August 5 will be a Crystal Palace-Arsenal match, featuring Nuno Tavares and Cédric.
The champion Manchester City, with Rúben Dias, João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva, goes to London on the 7th to face West Ham and there is a curious meeting: on the 6th, Fulham, of Marco Silva, welcomes Liverpool. Klopp’s club recently signed Portuguese Fábio Carvalho in the newly promoted squad, in addition to Darwin from Benfica.
Manchester United, with new manager Erik Ten Hag leading the side of Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo, host Brighton.
Due to the holding of the World Cup in Qatar (November 21 to December 18), for the first time in winter, the championship stops on the weekend of November 12/13 and resumes on December 26.
First round:
5 August
Crystal Palace – Arsenal
August 6
Villa Bournemouth-Aston
Everton-Chelsea
Fulham-Liverpool
Leeds-Wolverhampton
Leicester-Brentford
Newcastle-Nottingham Forest
Tottenham-Southampton
August 7
Manchester United-Brighton
West Ham-Manchester City