Liverpool vs Manchester City live stream, Saturday 30 June, 5pm
Liverpool and Manchester City will go head-to-head for the first piece of silverware of the 2022/23 campaign when they contest the Community Shield on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola's side lost this fixture to Leicester last season, but it did not affect them in the Premier League: City amassed 93 points, scored 99 goals and won the title for the fourth time in five years. The Community Shield will not be too high up Guardiola's list of priorities for the coming season, and he would probably prefer a strong performance but narrow defeat this weekend to a poor display and a fortunate victory.
Having said that, managers of Guardiola's calibre want to win as much silverware as possible, so he is unlikely to name a weakened team for Saturday's clash, which will take place at the King Power Stadium because Wembley is being used for the final of Euro 2022 between England and Germany.
As Premier League runners-up last time out, Liverpool will be looking to make a statement of intent against the team they will have to finish above in order to win the title in 2022/23. They beat City in the last head-to-head match between these teams at a neutral stadium, storming into a 3-0 lead in the FA Cup semi-final and resisting a second-half fightback to win 3-2.
Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland, the two clubs' headline summer signings, will make their first appearances in a semi-competitive match for Liverpool and City respectively.
Calvin Ramsay, who has joined the Reds from Aberdeen, looks set to miss out, though. Diogo Jota, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kostas Tsimikas, Alisson Becker and Caoimhin Kelleher are also sidelined, with Adrian in line to start in goal.
City will have to make do without Aymeric Laporte, who is nursing a knee injury. Kalvin Phillips, who moved to the Etihad Stadium from Leeds last month, will probably be on the bench.
Kick-off is at 5pm BST on Saturday 30 July and is being shown live on ITV in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
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Use a VPN to watch Premier league football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2021/22.
US TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for US subscribers
NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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Canada TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for Canadian subscribers
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Australia TV rights
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New Zealand TV rights
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Spark Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League – for $24.99 a month, after a seven-day free trial.
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