Liverpool kicked off their 2024/25 Premier League season with an away win at Ipswich Town Liverpool kickstarted their season in the best way possible on Saturday afternoon after securing a 2-0 away win over newly-promoted Ipswich Town. Arne Slot's side struggled during the opening 45 minutes at Portman Road, though were far superior after the interval and punished the hosts with quickfire strikes from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah . Slot had a full squad to choose from heading into this encounter, a luxury Jurgen Klopp was not afforded all that often during his nine-year Anfield reign, and opted to hand starts to the likes of Jarell Quansah, Ryan Gravenberch and Diogo Jota, ensuring there was no place for Ibrahima Konate, Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo as a result.
The Reds' boss now faces the difficult task of deciding what his first-choice starting eleven should be, a process set to be made harder by players pushing to force their way into contention and having everyone available to pick from. There were fears the withdrawal of Quansah at half-time of Saturday's match was injury-related, though Slot later confirmed this was a tactical call influenced by the number of duels the English centre-back was failing to win. Speaking after the game, the Liverpool head coach said: "We as a team made a big change at half-time because we came out totally different to how we had come out in the first half.
"I have to give credit to Ipswich as well because I think they were aggressive, they .