English top-flight football returns this weekend with the Community Shield – the annual domestic curtain-raiser that pits last season’s Premier League champions Liverpool against FA Cup winners Crystal Palace at Wembley.

Premier League champions Liverpool face FA Cup winners Crystal Palace at Wembley in the traditional curtain-raiser to the new season

Liverpool and Crystal Palace will meet in the FA Community Shield on Sunday. John Molinaro has everything you need to know about the ceremonial curtain raiser on the English soccer season.