Liverpool have crowned the first match of the new Main Stand with a 4-1 victory against Leicester City.
Roberto Firmino opened the scoring on 13 minutes, after a fine through ball from James Milner released the Brazilian who turned Robert Huth inside out and finished with aplomb.
The Reds doubled their advantage following a crisp move which saw Daniel Sturridge release the ball to an on-rushing Sadio Mane, who lobbed Kasper Schmeichel with a neatly timed chip.
It was all the home side deserved, only for Lucas Leiva to inextricably gift Jamie Vardy one of the easiest goals of his career when he panicked under pressure and played an in-field ball across goal to the striker to tap in from close range.
Liverpool added a third with Adam Lallana firing a rocket into the top left-hand corner with a fierce strike from just inside the area.
And on 88 minutes the Reds put the icing on the cake when Sadio Mane rounded Schmeichel and laid the ball into the path for Firmino to grab a brace.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Firmino and Mané could become our new SAS, love watching them link up. #LFC
— ㅤㅤㅤ (@ALEKZlNHO) September 10, 2016
They’ve all been excellent today. Even Lucas bar the mental error. Fantastic from #LFC #buzzing
— Jay (@Jay82_LFC) September 10, 2016
Results like this make it even more annoying that we stumbled against Burnley and a very lucky Tottenham team #LFC
— Callum Moore (@CallumMooreLFC) September 10, 2016
Our attacking football is such a joy to watch, if we can sort it out at the back who knows what could happen. #LFC #YNWA 👍🏻
— Peace pipe pro! (@jme5975) September 10, 2016
Mane is pure class! #lfc
— David Morrissey (@davemorrissey64) September 10, 2016
Mane isn’t the perfect player but his pace and direct threat has made a huge difference for Liverpool #lfc
— richard askam (@richaskam) September 10, 2016
The best thing about Mane is his pace, it adds a whole new dimnesion to Liverpool’s attack #LFC
— Sam (@SimplyAlaba) September 10, 2016
There will be tougher tests than the champions at home for Liverpool this season though. Like, you know, Middlesbrough away. #LFC
— Mike (@aguyiusedtoknow) September 10, 2016
In terms of what each player provides to this Jürgen Klopp set-up, Roberto Firmino may be the most important of all. Mané a close 2nd. #LFC
— Srijandeep Das (@srijandeep) September 10, 2016
Mané is relentless. It’s just awesome to watch the ambition. #LFC
— Asif Hossain (@asifintoronto) September 10, 2016
Adam Lallana is at the start of his peak, big 2 years ahead #LFC
— Niall Hackett (@niallhackett09) September 10, 2016
Such awesome understanding between some of our forwards and wingers. Going forward we’re great. #LFC #Firmino #Mane
— LFCZA (@LFCZA) September 10, 2016
Great fighting sprint from Mignolet. Trying everything to stay on the pitch and keep his place. #lfc
— max (@sefendo) September 10, 2016
So far this season we’ve beaten last season’s 1st and 2nd and drew against 3rd, but we lost to a team that wasn’t even in the league,,, #LFC
— Lachlan | WM (@WittyManagerYT) September 10, 2016
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