Liverpool are set to take part in the 2017 Audi Cup which is annual pre-season friendly tournament taking place in Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich will play Liverpool in the opening game on Tuesday night, 01 August 2017 and the winner of this game will play either Napoli or Ateltico Madrid a day later losing team play third place play off. Its a superb event as far as participating teams are concerned as they they can get some quality playing time under their belt before the new season begins. In the UK match will be available on ITV4 and LFC TV while US viewers won’t have live coverage for this game.
Match Highlights:
Bayern Muncih vs Liverpool Preview: Liverpool visited Asia where they were part of Premier League Asian Trophy and having won both games they they now have a chance to play top European sides to assess and prepare for the new season starting a week later. Bayern Munich on the other hand visited Asia where they played four high profile friendlies losing three and winning only one and Audi Cup games give Carlo Ancolotti side a chance to get their act together before season opener against Dortmund in German Super Cup next weekend.
Jurgen Klopp is likely to use two different teams in two Audi Cup matches so it will be interesting to see which player get the chance to play in the opening encounter against Bayern. Last time these two meet was back in 2001 when Liverpool defeated Bayern in UEFA Super Cup and since Liverpool are back in the Champions League this season these game will show how prepared they are going into the big European campaign.

Michael Owen was on target in a 3-2 win for Liverpool against Bayern Munich when these two last meet back in 2001 in European Super Cup.
Jurgen Klopp is likely to start with his preferred starting lineup but Coutinho might not start considering he has been linked with Barcelona move and rumours just won’t go away. Muhammad Salah has started his Liverpool career in flying colours scoring twice already in as many games and should start against Bayern. If you don’t have live action of this game, you can always tune in here for full match highlights after the match is over.