Manchester City will be hoping to go the whole season unbeaten. I don't care what Pep Guardiola says — he and his players are very proud men and they are more than half-way to being branded 'invincible'.
But Liverpool will be heartened by what they saw Bristol City do in the Carabao Cup semi-final.
They identified a weakness, played long balls behind the full backs, but didn't have the quality to finish off some of that approach play.
Jurgen Klopp will have a plan, too.