With a positive start to the season crucial, Liverpool face a run of fixtures that could make or break their top four hopes.
In the first seven away fixtures, Brendan Rodgers’ men will have to make tricky-looking trips to Stoke, Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City.
Such a run could see the pressure mount on Rodgers should the Reds suffer defeats against their rivals, all before the start of December - and while Rodgers has been backed by the club's board after 'positive talks' he has already lost assistant Colin Pascoe and first-team coach Mike March from his backroom staff.
Winnable home matches sandwich those tough encounters, but with the heat on after failing to qualify for the 2015/16 Champions League, those supposed easier matches could see the Reds come unstuck.
The Red lost 6-1 at Stoke on the final day of last season while they took just five points from a possible 18 from the other six games with their only win from the corresponding fixtures a 3-0 win at Tottenham in August.
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher took to Twitter to light-heartedly mock the imposing set of fixtures: “Didn't think Sky had a say in the fixtures but @GNev2 must have been involved in picking Liverpool's first 7 away games.”
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