Liverpool will play Crystal Palace within the Group Defend in August, following their FA Cup closing win over Man Metropolis on Saturday.
The Reds have strolled to the Premier League title this season, at present sitting 15 factors clear on the prime of the desk.
Liverpool’s title triumph means they are going to be concerned in subsequent season’s curtain-raiser at Wembley on Saturday, August 9, taking over the FA Cup winners.
That honour went to Crystal Palace as they acquired the higher of Man Metropolis on Saturday, profitable 1-0 at Wembley.
Eberechi Eze’s first-half aim settled the showcase occasion, that means Pep Guardiola’s aspect will finish the 2024/25 trophyless.
For Liverpool, will probably be their first Group Defend look in three years, having crushed Metropolis 3-1 on the King Energy Stadium again in 2022.
Previous to that, they misplaced back-to-back Group Shields 5-4 on penalties, to Metropolis and Arsenal in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Liverpool have received the trophy 16 instances of their historical past, whether or not it’s within the guise of the Charity Defend or Group Defend.
Victory over Palace in August will put them joint-second within the all-time winners’ listing with Arsenal, 4 behind Man United, who’ve received it on a document 21 events.
The Group Defend will happen the week earlier than the opening weekend of the 2025/26 Premier League season, as has been customary all through historical past.
Surprisingly, the final time a Group Defend winner went on to be topped Premier League champions was again in 2018, when Metropolis beat Chelsea 2-0 earlier than pipping Liverpool to the title.
