Whether he's on the pitch or the bench, the Scouser is set for a hostile reception at Anfield, while the champions have been dealt a bad hand
After another needlessly long ceremony, the draw for the league phase of the 2025-26 Champions League was finally concluded in Monaco on Thursday evening.
Just like last year, it was all very complicated and confusing, with UEFA's super-computer spitting out one fixture list after another for the 36 participants, who will battle it out in one giant league for the right to progress directly to the last 16 or compete in a play-off round.
Luckily, GOAL is here to try and make sense of it all by bringing you the big winners and losers from the draw for this season's tournament, including the reigning champions and a one-time Liverpool hero who won't be looking forward to going home...