Ipswich vs Liverpool LIVE! Premier League result, match stream, latest updates today

Ipswich vs Liverpool LIVE!

Liverpool's new era under Arne Slot began on Saturdat with a 2-0 victory over hardworking Ipswich Towen, with Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah scoring.

Jota slotted home from inside the area on the hour mark after a neat pass from Salah, before the Egyptian got in on the act himself minutes later.

That was after Ipswich had enjoyed much for the first half backed by a racous Portman Road crowd for their first game back in the Premier League after 22 years away.

Salah's goal was his ninth on the opening weekend of a Premier League season, breaking the record held jointly by Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Frank Lampard.

Read the game back below with our dedicated match blog!

Ipswich vs Liverpool latest updates

• GOAL! Salah slots home a second

• GOAL! Jota breaks the deadlock

Full-time!

14:28 , Alex Young

99min: That’s it! Three points in the bag for Arne Slot.

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98min: Super defending from Konate to deny a late chance for Ipswich.

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95min: Gakpo booked, the first Liverpool player to be so, to loud jeers from the Ipswich fans.

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94min: Salah denied on the volley inside the area. It’s great defending from Ipswich, who should be about four down.

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90min: Eight minutes added on. I’m not sure where they all came from.

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85min: Liverpool in full control now. Ipswich fans haven’t stopped singing, to be fair to them.

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80min: Robertson is replaced by Tsimikas.

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79min: And now Jota’s is replaced by Gakpo.

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77min: Alexander-Arnold’s game is run, he’s replaced by Bradley.

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74min: Delap and Tuanzebe are off for Al-Hamadi and new signing Szmodics.

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71min: Salah runs through and should get a second, but his shot at Walton is weak.

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69min: You start to fear for Ipswich now, as Liverpool look like they will score on every attack.

GOAL!

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66min: That should be that! Salah plays a one-two with Szoboszlai and slots home.

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65min: Double change for Ipswich as Luongo and Chaplin are replaced by Harness and Taylor.

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64min: More shouts for a Ipswich penalty, but Delap has just fallen over while trying to cut inside.

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63min: Liverpool look so much more confident now. Ipswich can’t get out.

GOAL!

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60min: That’s better!

Alexander-Arnold breaks the line, allowing Salah to tee up Jota for a simple finish.

Deadlock broken.

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59min: Jota misses a sitter!

A stunning whipped cross from Alexander-Arnold puts the ball on a plate, but Jota directs his header, from six yards, wide.

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56min: Now Liverpool have a shout for a penalty after Diaz is wiped out while failing to lift the ball into the net.

Burns’ day is done. Johnson coming on.

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54min: Ah, VAR confirms Davis was offside in the build-up.

As you were.

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53min: Penalty to Ipswich? The referee blows his whistle...

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52min: Clumsy from Diaz as runs back and fouls Delap in the middle of the pitch. Johnson getting some final instructions.

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51min: Pause in play as Burns looks to require treatment. Johnson getting ready to come on.

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49min: Now Diaz blazes over after carving open an opportunity.

Liverpool have started better.

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48min: Almost a goal at the start of the second half as Greaves denies Salah’s low, curled effort and Jota cannot tuck home the rebound.

Second half!

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46min: Konate on for Quansah at the break.

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Here come the teams for the second half.

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Ed Sheeran is off, he’s flying to Serbia for a gig so will miss the second half.

A huge 45 awaits for the Tractor Boys.

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The hosts with every chance of note, Greaves and Hutchinson both with decent openings.Liverpool not quite at it yet. A long way to go.

Half-time!

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47min: That’s it for the opening 45.

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45min: Finally some decent movement form Liverpool as the ball is taken across the midfield and the edge of the area before Salah lays off to Alexander-Arnold... to blaze over.

One minute added on.

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44min: Corner comes in but is easily cleared.

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43min: Delap with a stunning first touch to send Quansah scrambling after him. He darts into the area but opts to find a team-mate, instead of shoot, and wins a corner.

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41min: Another smart move from Ipswich as Tuanzebe gets a glancing header away which drops onto the roof of Liverpool’s net.

The hosts with all the real chances so far.

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37min: Brave, brave goalkeeping from Walton to run out and smother the ball before Diaz can poke it under his body and towards goal.

Jota is starting to wake up a bit.

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32min: Fantastic break from Ipswich has Hutchinson scampering towards goal, he pauses, cuts inside and finally shoots to force Alisson into a low save.

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30min: Salah again isolated up top after being found with a long ball forward.

Not quite clicking for them so far.

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28min: Another corner for Liverpool, this one from the opposite side so Robertson sends it in and Quansah meets it but is quickly penalised for a push.

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26min: Alexander-Arnold with the corner, which is straight into Walton’s arms.

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25min: Fantastic from Tuanzebe to stop Jota’s dart into the area and then take the ball off him to concede a corner.

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20min: Morsy whips in the cross and Greaves climbs highest to met a header, which is directed low at Alisson’s feet.

Good chance!

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19min: A reprieve for Ipswich as they win a free kick near the touchline, almost level with the edge of the Liverpool box.

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16min: Salah tries to get in behind but Walton rushes from his line to collect the long ball forward.

Salah hasn’t been too involved so far.

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13min: Another booking for Ipswich as Hutchinson goes in late on Gravenberch near the Liverpool area.

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10min: Robertson swings in a corner, which is immediately headed away by Greaves to set Ipswich breaking up field... but Alexander-Arnold mops up.

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8min: Bit nervy from Woolfenden as he narrowly avoids giving away a corner under little pressure.

Ipswich need to keep up their momentum after a fast start.

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6min: First booking of the game as Woolfenden drags Jota down, as Gravenberch screams for the ball inside the area.

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4min: Shouts of a foul from Robertson on Hutchinson on the edge of the Liverpool area, but the referee isn’t interested. Liverpool were appealing before the referee even had the chance to blow his whistle - which he didn’t.

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2min: First chance falls to Hutchinson after a ropey pass from Van Dijk. Quansah does brilliantly to get in a sliding block inside his own area.

Kick-off!

12:31 , Alex Young

1min: Here we go!

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Portman Road is absolutely rocking.

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Here come the teams!

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The teams are back in their dressing rooms. Huge pre-match talks for both McKenna and Slot.

Final prep

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Not long to go now.

Kieran McKenna on today and rejecting offers

12:01 , Alex Young

“We're excited. It is a great occasion for the club first and foremost. The first game here in the Premier League in 22 years and we want to make the most of it.

"I feel like I wanted to be here for sure, I wouldn't say I owed it but I wanted to be here. The club has been amazing with me offering me my first chance in management at 35 years old. We have been on an incredible journey.

“I wanted to be the one leading this team out in the Premier League this season, it feels like the right thing and the right place to be."

Arne Slot on Liverpool team news

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"[Ryan] Gravenberch starts in the No6 because he has the attributes to play there, he will develop into a No6.

“Him playing today will help Macca [Mac Allister] play more forward."

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This day has been 22 years in the making for Ipswich. Just over 45 minutes until kick-off.

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Hutchinson, Delap and Greaves, who all joined permanently in the summer, start for Ipswich.

Szmodics and Phillips, who both joined on Friday, are on the bench.

It's a familiar line-up for Liverpool, who include eight players who started Jurgen Klopp's final game in charge back in May.

Nunez is on the bench, with Jota getting the nod up top.

Joe Gomez is not with the Liverpool squad. The defender is looking at transfer options in the final two weeks of the transfer window.

Team news in full

11:24 , Alex Young

Ipswich XI: Walton, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Luongo, Burns, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Delap

Subs: Slicker, Burgess, Townsend, Johnson, Phillips, Taylor, Szmodics, Harness, Al-Hamadi

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Nunez, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Bradley

Ipswich Town XI

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...and the hosts!

Liverpool XI

11:15 , Alex Young

Here is Arne Slot’s first lineup!

Team news is imminent

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With clubs now allowed to announce teams from 75 minutes before kick-off, we should get both line-ups in just a matter of minutes.

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Famous Ipswich Town fan Ed Sheeran is at Portman Road this afternoon for the occasion.

The lifelong fan this week purchased a 1.4% stake in the club and has been The Tractor Boys’ main shirt sponsor since 2021.

No fair weather fan is Ed.

Arne Slot: Liverpool not weaker without signings

10:49 , Alex Young

New Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insists his side have not been weakened by a lack of signings.

The Reds are the only Premier League team yet to bring anyone in after their pursuit of Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi was ended when the Spain international rejected a move to Anfield.

"I've said many times already our squad is really strong and it's not easy to find players who can help us or strengthen the squad," he said yesterday.

"Zubimendi was one of them to be fair but he decided not to come. We go forward with the ones we have. We are in a good place.

"In the background Richard is trying to strengthen the squad as he can, unfortunately Zubimendi decided not to come.

"He did every effort and tried everything to bring him in but if a player doesn't want to come, it's obvious he's not coming."

McKenna says meteoric rise may never happen again

10:37 , Alex Young

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna says his team's historic back-to-back promotions which brought them to the Premier League for the first time in 22 years may never be repeated.

They are the first club to go from the third tier to the first in consecutive seasons since Southampton between 2011-13, one year after Norwich did the same.

"That was the longer-term ambition," said McKenna of the club's rise. "I don't think anyone realistically thought it would come in the first two-and-a-half seasons. But that's the product of a lot of good work from a lot of people.

"We set out two-and-a-half years ago to build an environment, build a culture, a way of working that players would enjoy and improve in. We set about building a playing style that the supporters would be right behind.

"Each week you try and win the game that's ahead of you. Win, lose or draw, we focus on learning and improving.

"That's been the focus day by day. We've done that every day and it's led to a historic double promotion that, in modern football, is going to probably be very hard for anyone to ever match."

Score prediction

10:33 , Alex Young

It promises to be a cracker at Portman Road.

Ipswich will have the crowd behind them as they look to make a big splash in the top flight, although they could easily get picked off by an experienced Liverpool team. However, it being Slot’s debut adds a layer of unpredictability to the visitors. They could struggle early on but should get to grips with the occasion eventually.

Liverpool to win, 3-1.

Ipswich team news

10:20 , Alex Young

Ipswich will be without Nathan Broadhead, Harry Clarke and George Hirst due to injuries.

Delap and new goalkeeper Arijanet Muric both started in Town’s final friendly, a 1-0 win over Nice, so can expect to make their competitive debuts on Saturday lunchtime.

Szmodics and Phillips joined in time on Friday to be in contention to play some part this weekend.

Liverpool team news

10:11 , Alex Young

Arne Slot has no injury concerns for his first Premier League lineup as Liverpool travel to face newly-promoted Ipswich.

Slot has key decisions to make in midfield, especially now the club have missed out on transfer target Martin Zubimendi.

Ryan Gravenberch has been preferred in the No6 role in pre-season to Wataru Endo and is likely to get the nod against Ipswich.

Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai could be the two in front of Gravenberch, which would leave Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones having to settle for places on the bench.

Injury has meant that Andy Robertson has had only a limited pre-season and Kostas Tsimikas could therefore start at left-back this weekend, but Jarell Quansah has impressed over the summer and is in pole position to partner Virgil van Dijk.

Up front, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz will almost certainly start out wide, with Slot having to decide who leads the line. Diogo Jota is the most likely candidate, with Darwin Nunez potentially having to make his impact off the bench.

Asked on Friday if he had everyone fit ahead of facing Ipswich, Slot simply said: “Yes, we have.”

Where to watch Ipswich vs Liverpool

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TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. Coverage starts at 11am BST ahead of a 12.30pm kick-off.

Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and website.

Welcome

09:58 , Alex Young

Good morning and welcome to the Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Ipswich and Liverpool.

It has been 22 years since the Tractor Boys were last in the top flight, but after back-to-back promotions under wundermanager Kieran McKenna they are back and kick things off against Arne Slot’s Liverpool.

The Reds are expected to win, but this may not be plain sailing for new boss Slot.

Kick-off is at 12.30pm. Stick with us.