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Liverpool arrived to blues skies and sunshine in Sydney just 11 hours ahead of their blockbuster exhibition match against Sydney FC.

The Reds, along with legends Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, will put on a show today at ANZ Stadium in front of 80,000 fans after confirming their Champions League place for next season.

It's a strange post-season when players from most clubs not involved in the final cup deciders of the season are relaxing with family and friends on the beach.

However, they have little to complain about having been greeted by a day of 20C-plus ahead of their 8pm kick-off local time (11am in the UK).

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The full squad looked fresh from what amounts to a day's travelling as they posed for a photo with the famous Sydney Opera House in the background.

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Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet shared a view from The Rocks, just below the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, to give fans back home a taste of the scene.

"Hello Sydney!! Quick rest before we meet our Australian Liverpool fans later on!" he posted.

Klopp wants the match against the newly-crowned A-League champions to be treated as a celebration of their campaign.

To ease the pressure on his current squad, Klopp has also enlisted Gerrard, and Carragher along with Steve McManaman and Daniel Agger, all players well known to Aussie fans.

"I’m already really looking forward to how they react now," he told Liverpoolfc.com.

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"We go in the stadium and 80,000 Liverpool supporters are there and they are the first who can really celebrate the good season with us.

"Let’s do it together with all these quality players plus legends - a few of them can play because after the last game and the flight we will see how we can line-up.

"It will be nice even though it’s quite intense because it could have been worse, we could have used bicycles to get over!

"It’s all good, it feels good, the mood is good."