LONDON (AP) – Leeds’ first Premier League match in 16 years couldn’t be harder: the Liverpool Champions League.
The new season’s matches were released on Thursday, with Manchester City and Manchester United betting on the opening weekend to give them more rest after their participation in this month’s European festival.
Liverpool can take advantage of two of their biggest rivals and will open their first-name defence since 1990 with an attack on the ascended Leeds on 12 September followed by home games against Chelsea and Arsenal at home.
The Anfield for Leeds will be the first match of the wonderful Marcelo Bielsa in the Premier League after guiding the one who thinks as a sleeping giant from English football to the first division.
The home game of Man City opposite Aston Villa and Man United’s burnley on the opening weekend was postponed due to the agreement between all Premier League clubs so that each team has a minimum of 30 days between their last game of 2019-20. season and the first of the new campaign.
The First City match will be at Wolverhampton Wanderers the following weekend, with United at home opposite Crystal Palace on the same weekend.
The first match between last season’s two most sensitive teams, Liverpool and City, is scheduled for November 7 at City’s Etihad Stadium, and the second leg at Anfield will take place on the first weekend of February.
The Manchester derbies will take place on weekends from 12 to 13 December and from 6 to 7 March.
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