Saturday's 3-1 defeat of Southampton left Liverpool in a very unusual situation.
As the stars of the game jet off on their journeys to Qatar in the hope of achieving World Cup glory, Anfield will be vacated until the visit of Leicester City on December 30 as Jurgen Klopp's side are freed from the shackles of Premier League duty for the next six weeks.
One name that will be watched like a hawk is Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who is set to have a pick of Europe's top clubs next summer when he is expected to bring the curtain down on his three-year stint in the Bundesliga.
