Preview: Villarreal are the visitors as Liverpool look to maintain 100% start in the Champions League

The story of the season Liverpool have reacted well following their 3-0 loss to Manchester City last weekend. The Reds romped to a 6-3 win over LASK in the Champions League before overturning a deficit at the Gtech Community Stadium to claim a 2-1 win over Brentford last time out.

It wasn't the most convincing showing against the Bees and Andoni Iraola 's men were aided by two red cards for the hosts. A win is a win though, isn't it?

Liverpool have now won three and drawn three in the Premier League. They're two from two in the Champions League after defeating Atlético Madrid on MD1 before romping to an easy win in Austria last week.

It's potentially starting to click in attack for the Reds, too. Bradley Barcola netted a treble in the Champions League while Alexander Isak fired in the winner on Saturday afternoon.

In both matches, Florian Wirtz claimed an assist. Florian Wirtz's last three games for Liverpool How they navigate this fixture against Villarreal will be interesting though.

Iñigo Pérez 's side have started the season slowly, claiming nine points from nine matches. They are a threat though, having finished third last season.

They've also been okay in the Champions League too. Yes, they fell to a 3-2 loss to Borussia Dortmund but they did beat Napoli 3-1 last time out.

Despite their erratic form, they've scaled their game against superior opposition. They claimed a 2-2 draw with Atlético Madrid in the Spanish capital and managed to limit Real Madrid to just one goal.

This is the first time that Pérez and Iraola have faced off. The former used to be the latter's assistant at Rayo Vallecano and was supposed to follow him to Bournemouth before work permit issues prevented it from being formalised.