Virgil van Dijk may not have featured on the pitch at Deepdale, but his presence was as powerful as ever. Liverpool’s 3-1 pre-season win over Preston North End was steeped in emotion, coming just ten days after the tragic loss of Diogo Jota and his brother,

For seven minutes after the final whistle, Liverpool players and staff stood in front of their supporters at Preston as they chanted Diogo Jota’s name.Sunday’s pre-season friendly at Deepdale was originally envisaged as a day to kick-start preparations for Liverpool’s Premier League title defence,

In his first interview since Jota's death, Slot told Liverpool TV: "If we want to laugh, we laugh; if we want to cry, we're going to cry. "If they want to train they can train, if they don't want to train they can not train. But be yourself, don't think you have to be different than your emotions tell you.