‘The MVP is going to win the game, Mr Patrick Mahomes!’ - Liverpool stars make Super Bowl predictions ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers locking horns in Las Vegas

One of the biggest spectacles in world sport will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Nevada on Sunday. There will be plenty of superstars on the field – as the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce go head-to-head with Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey – and many more will take up seats in the stands.

R&B icon Usher will perform the half-time show, with a global audience of more than 100 million expected to tune in. Plenty of Premier League performers will have an eye on events in the United States, while the likes of England captain Harry Kane and USMNT star Christian Pulisic are known to be big NFL fans.

If selections at Anfield are anything to go by, then the Chiefs are fancied to defend the crown that they captured 12 months ago when edging out the Philadelphia Eagles. The likes of Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konate, Diogo Jota, Harvey Elliott and Andy Robertson all siding with the team from KC, with Trent Alexander-Arnold saying: “The MVP is going to win the game... Mr Patrick Mahomes!”

Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo were the only Reds to favour the 49ers, with the Californian franchise hoping to revel in their role as underdogs when going in search of a first Vince Lombardi Trophy since 1994.