Liverpool's trip to Brentford has been rescheduled following the publication of the UEFA Champions League fixture list
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Liverpool's Premier League meeting with Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium has been moved to a different time
Liverpool's Premier League trip to Brentford in October has been rescheduled, the club have confirmed. This decision comes after UEFA published the dates and times of this season's Champions League league phase fixtures.
Liverpool are competing at the highest level on multiple fronts, which will be a test to Arne Slot's side as they bid to retain the Premier League title whilst producing a better showing in Europe. Last season the Reds exited at the round of 16 stage following a penalty shoot-out defeat to eventual Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.
A draw took place to determine the eight opponents Liverpool will face in the 2025/26 competition's league phase on Thursday and now UEFA have fully finalised the running order.
At first this presented a difficult scenario in late October balancing domestic and continental duties. Following the second international break of the season, Liverpool are now travelling to Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday, October 22, for an 8pm kick-off.
Three days earlier on Sunday, October 19, Slot's men already had their Premier League meeting with arch rivals Manchester United booked in for a 4.30pm kick-off. Following Frankfurt was another away trip to Brentford, which was down as a 12.30pm kick-off on Saturday, October 25.
Because of the congestion and the timings between the European away fixture and the visit to the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford vs Liverpool will now take place at 8pm on the same Saturday.
This affords Slot's team an extra seven-and-a-half hours of recovery time between matches.
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Liverpool begin their Champions League campaign at home to Atletico Madrid on September 16, which means their Carabao Cup tie against Southampton will take place on the week commencing September 22. Between these two fixtures will be this season's Anfield Merseyside derby against Everton.
On Champions League matchday two Liverpool play Galatasaray in Turkey, but either side have back-to-back trips to the capital where they face Crystal Palace (September 27, 3pm kick-off) and Chelsea (October 4, 5.30pm kick-off).
And the difficult scheduling continues into November as the Reds face a coincidental repeat of last season's fixtures. Real Madrid are expected at Anfield on November 4, marking Trent Alexander-Arnold's homecoming with his new club, only days before Liverpool play Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
Slot's side face PSV Eindhoven in late November and Inter Milan in early December, which will be Mohamed Salah's last involvement in the league phase before he is released for international duty to captain Egypt at this winter's AFCON.
The prized attacker could miss up to six Premier Leaguer fixtures, an FA Cup third round tie, a potential Carabao Cup semi-final first leg meeting, plus the final two Champions League league phase matches against Marseille and Qarabag.