Acid test for Pochettino in opening match against Liverpool as 2023/24 EPL resumes August 11

Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino, will be facing a huge test when his team face Liverpool at home as the 2023/2024 English Premier League resumes on Sunday, 13 August, 2023. Both teams have been arch rivals over the years, even in time of poor performance of either team.

Chelsea had dismal performance in the preceding season, ending the 2023/2023 EPL in 14th position on the league table. The club, apparently, failed to qualify for any continental competition in Europe, neither did they win any domestic championship in England.
Pochettino is expected to turn around the fortune of the club with dwindling performance since the management of the American buyers.

In the fixtures for the 2023/24 premier league season, released by the organisers of English Premier League, reigning Champions, Manchester City, take play their opening match against Burnley, coached by Man City former Captain, Vincent Kompany, on Friday, 11 August. Burnley have just been promoted from the English Football League (EFL) to the EPL. Though, they have been in the EPL before being relegated to teh EFL.
Tottenham under the new manager, Ange Postecoglou, will lock horns with Brentford in the opening match.
Manchester United will take on Wolves at Old Trafford on Monday, 14 August.
Brighton will tackle Luton Town, promoted from the EFL, while Sheffield United, another new promotion from the EFL to the EPL, will play host to Crystal Palace.
The EPL organisers indicated that the 2023/24 English Premier League will be end on Sunday, 19 May 2024.