Overview

• A minute’s silence, live renditions of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and stadium-screen images of Diogo Jota and his brother opened the match, and Preston captain Ben Whiteman laid a wreath on the pitch.
• After consulting Jota’s widow, Liverpool announced that his No.20 jersey would never be reissued in order to preserve his memory.
• Coach Arne Slot urged players to embrace their emotions during the return to training and pledged that Jota would remain in the team’s hearts.
• Florian Wirtz, wearing a temporary No.58, and veterans including Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Alexis Mac Allister were rested as a precautionary measure.
• Conor Bradley, Darwin Núñez and Cody Gakpo scored to secure the 3–1 win over Preston North End, marking the club’s first match since the tragedy.