When the fixture list was published back in June, it didn't take a huge stretch of the imagination to picture Nat Phillips stepping out at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
Few, though, would have realistically envisaged it could still be as a Liverpool player rather than pulling on the shirt of Bournemouth.
Phillips enjoyed a successful spell on loan at the South Coast during the second half of last season, making 18 appearances in helping Scott Parker's side win promotion back to the Premier League.
