Liverpool vs. Barcelona: 2016 ICC Time, TV Schedule and Live Stream
Liverpool will make the trip to Wembley Stadium on Saturday for their penultimate pre-season friendly of the summer, where they take on Barcelona in the 2016 International Champions Cup.
Manager Jurgen Klopp's side suffered defeat in their last outing, beaten 2-1 by AS Roma in St. Louis, Missouri, whereas the Blaugrana are yet to concede a loss in this year's International Champions Cup.
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Klopp is enjoying his first pre-season in charge of Liverpool.
The fixture will be the first of two matches in as many days for the Reds, who will be jetting off to face Mainz in Germany on Sunday with less than 20 hours in between their two final friendlies of the summer.
Saturday's clash will also be Barca's penultimate pre-season friendly before getting their La Liga title defence under way, and they'll head back to the Camp Nou to welcome Serie A outfit Sampdoria next Wednesday.
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Liverpool were beaten 2-1 by Roma in their most recent friendly.
One of the biggest headlines for Liverpool fans heading to Wembley this weekend is, of course, the opportunity to see former star striker Luis Suarez in action for his current employers.
Many are sure to feel lovelorn for their once-talismanic forward, who has come upon even greater form since moving to Barcelona in 2014 and is looking promising once again in pre-season.
Klopp would have undoubtedly loved to have Suarez under his command at the Anfield helm, but his Reds have shown glimpses of their own promise this summer, winning five of their seven pre-season games.
However, Suarez already had a hand in downing Premier League champions Leicester City 4-2 on Wednesday and scored a stunning individual effort against the Foxes, via Sky Sports Football:
"Incredible!" Suarez with a stunning solo effort! Barcelona 2-0 Leicester City.
Live blog: skysports.tv/84WthC
Despite this only being a friendly encounter, manager Luis Enrique's side still have much to play for, too, having beaten Celtic and Leicester in their first two 2016 International Champions Cup matchups.
Bleacher Report's Jonathan Johnson pointed out that silverware still sits on the line if they manage to trump Liverpool at Wembley, having already won in Dublin (Celtic) and Stockholm (Leicester City):
Barcelona need to beat Liverpool by at least 4 goals to stop PSG from picking up their 2nd straight ICC title. twitter.com/Histoire_du_PS…
The one major advantage Liverpool perhaps can claim is that the majority of fans in attendance at Wembley will lean toward the Premier League representatives.
Regardless of the result, however, the Liverpool Echo's Andy Kelly reported there's likely to be a major rush to get back to Merseyside once the fixture is over:
Just one train service is available back to Liverpool after the final whistle on Saturday. #LFC liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football…
Those diehard supporters out there will then face the swift turnover in attempting to make their way to Mainz, where they will see a different lineup take on the German outfit on Sunday with no time to spare.
Barcelona, on the other hand, will have a much more comfortable four-day respite before ending their pre-season campaign against Sampdoria in front of a home crowd.
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