Liverpool legend Phil Thomson and Athletic president Jon Uriarte brought wreaths out on to the pitch and laid them on the edge of the six-yard box before the opening game. The billboards around Anfield read 'Rest in Peace Diogo Jota and Andre Silva - You'll Never Walk Alone',

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and captain Virgil van Dijk have both detailed the squad’s reaction to Diogo Jota ’s tragic death ahead of a return to Anfield on Monday evening. For the first time since lifting the Premier League trophy in May,

Players, coaches and supporters from both Liverpool and Athletic Bilbao then applauded as the match was stopped in the 20th minute. Jota wore the No.20 shirt at Liverpool – a number retired by the club in order to remember the forward – who played 182 games for the team.