There was to be no Suffolk sucker punch. Arne Slot’s Premier League bow was safely negotiated, avoiding the fate that befell Brendan Rodgers in 2012, a 3-0 defeat to West Brom. Jürgen Klopp’s October 2015 debut was a 0-0 draw with Tottenham remembered for the vigour of his players.
How will this be recalled? Probably with mixed memories. After a first half where a circumspect Liverpool were caught cold by Ipswich, something like normal service was resumed by a team playing a direct style rather like that under Klopp.
