Liverpool vs Athletic Club LIVE: Friendly double header match stream, latest score and goal updates

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·4 de agosto de 2025

Liverpool vs Athletic Club LIVE: Friendly double header match stream, latest score and goal updates

The Reds are into their final 180 minutes of pre-season football

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Liverpool vs Athletic Club LIVE

Arne Slot’s Liverpool play their final pair of summer friendlies today, hosting Athletic Club in a double header at Anfield ahead of next weekend’s Community Shield. It has been a successful pre-season for the Reds, who have won three of their four outings so far, losing only to AC Milan. With their Premier League title defence due to kick off in less than two weeks, these matches will be the final chance for players to impress ahead of the new campaign.

With 180 minutes of football on the docket for tonight, fans can expect to see most, if not all, of the club’s senior players involved, with some academy hopefuls also likely to feature. Transfer speculation continues to swirl around the club and the potential arrival of Alexander Isak after Newcastle rejected a £110million bid for the prolific Swede last week.

Fresh tributes to Diogo Jota are expected ahead of kick-off in this, the first match to be held at Anfield since his passing. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis.

Live updates

1 minute ago

Freddie Woodman on the GK union

Freddie Woodman says he has enjoyed training alongside Alisson and Giorgi Mamardashvili after he signed from Preston earlier this summer.

“The group is world-class,” he said. “Both Ali and Giorgi are top goalkeepers.

“Young Armin [Pecsi] is coming on in bundles, so it has been a good pre-season. I am so privileged to be able to play today.”

5 minutes ago

New threads

Liverpool will don their new home kit for today’s friendly!

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8 minutes ago

More Jota tributes on the way

Diogo Jota will again be memorialised ahead of kick-off today, with a fresh floral tribute planned ahead of kick-off.

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16 minutes ago

Team news update

Virgil van Dijk will miss out through illness today, Arne Slot has confirmed.

Allison is still absent as he deals with a private matter, and Conor Bradley will miss out through injury.

22 minutes ago

Next time out...

After today’s friendlies, Liverpool will turn their attention to a first shot at silverware for the season.

They will trek down to London on August 10 to face Crystal Palace in the Community Shield.x

It could be the perfect start to their title defence...

32 minutes ago

What to make of the Athletic Club XI

We will have to wait until the late kick-off to catch a glimpse of Nico Williams.

Alejandro Berenguer will be one to watch in the middle. He hit six La Liga goals and seven assists from attacking midfield last season.

There is plenty of rotation elsewhere in the XI, though. Of the XI which faced Man United at Old Trafford in the Europa League second leg back in May, just three will start in the early kick-off here.

32 minutes ago

Van Dijk on honouring Jota

Virgil van Dijk has followed Arne Slot in paying tribute to Diogo Jota ahead of today’s matches.

He told Liverpool’s website: “It has, of course, been a very challenging time. First and foremost for Diogo and Andre’s family, for Rute and the kids. They are the people who must always come first in all of this. We must never forget that, and we cannot imagine their pain in this moment.

“It is still a bit surreal, to be honest, but we are coping in the best way possible as a team, and we are all trying to do the best job we can in order to get through this really difficult time. With everything that happened, it has been strange having to now try to carry on with work, with football. We will never forget Diogo, of course, but we just have to try to honour his memory. That’s what we try to do each and every day.

“I always come back to the fact that we have to look after Diogo’s family, his parents, and that’s the main thing. You think about so many different things, and it’s difficult to process. You can’t imagine the pain, the feeling that they have. That’s why we try to be there as much as we can, and for each other as well.

“That’s also why it is very important that we honour and carry on his legacy, not only for now and the next couple of months, but for as long as we can, because that is what he deserves. Obviously, we know that we will be reminded of him at games and at different grounds that we go to. We have seen that already in pre-season – because it is still so fresh.”

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38 minutes ago

Athletic Club XI

How the guests lineup today.

Athletic Club XI: Padilla, Gorosabel, Lekua, De Luis, Rego, Vesga, Prados, Berenguer, Guruzeta, Serrano, Unai Gomez

Subs: Santos, Dunabeitia, Johaneko, Vencedor, Adu Ares, Canales, Izeta, Navarro

40 minutes ago

Arne Slot speaks ahead of the match

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has sent a heartfelt message to Liverpool supporters as they brace for their first home match since Diogo Jota’s passing.

“It has been a tough time for everyone connected with the club, but especially for Diogo’s family, his wife, his children and friends.

“We cannot imagine the pain that they have been going through, and the club will continue to give them all the support they can going forward. We will always carry him with us in our hearts, in our thoughts, wherever we go.

“I want to mention the strength and the courage of my players here, too. They have found themselves in one of the toughest positions imaginable, but the way they have come together and the way they have conducted themselves, on and off the pitch, is a credit to them and to this football club. We really couldn’t have asked more of the boys, and I am extremely proud of them all.”