However, Man City manager Mark Hughes does not hold out much hope for Liverpool overhauling his former club.

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Perth, Dundee, Lerwick, Greenock, East Kilbride, Ayr, Keith, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Kelso, Paisley, Elgin and Kirkwall will also hold events to mark the occasion.

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But at least it has now become as much a point of honour in Salzburg to show that one is not a stick-in-the-mud, as it used to be a mark of prestige to get hold of a first-night ticket at all.

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