Liverpool’s pre-season curtain-raiser at Preston North End on Sunday was always going to carry a sombre tone. The death of Diogo Jota has shaken the club to its core, and the tributes that dominated the occasion were as heartfelt as they were heavy. Football, for all its tribalism, has a way of pausing in moments like this.

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Liverpool’s return to the pitch for their first pre-season fixture comes under a cloud of emotion and transition, as they face Preston at Deepdale this Sunday. The match, Liverpool’s first since the sudden passing of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, will be a poignant occasion both on and off the field.

Liverpool played a match for the first time since last season on Sunday, although football was far from most people’s minds. The focus of the squad, staff and supporters at Preston North End was on remembering Diogo Jota and his brother Andre, just as it had been all week at the Kirkby training base.

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