Liverpool played their final game of the 2025/26 season against Brentford at Anfield on May 24, 2026.
Arne Slot’s side first took the lead through Curtis Jones in the 58th minute, who tapped the ball into the net from a Salah cross.
But their lead did not last long, as Kevin Schade headed in an equaliser for the Bees in the 64th minute.
A 1-1 draw was not the result Liverpool would have wanted, but the point was enough to secure Champions League football for next season.
Beyond the result, the match also gave fans their first proper look at Liverpool’s new 2026/27 home kit in action.
The shirt had already been unveiled earlier in the week, with the club describing it as a modern take on the Adidas design worn during Liverpool’s 1989-90 title-winning season.
The kit quickly became the talking point about the match, taking attention away from the result, but not in a positive way.
Having already faced criticism over the leaks of the kit earlier, the kit did not do itself any justice in the eyes of Liverpool fans.
Fans pointed out that the shirt and shorts did not look like the same shade of red.
The patterned shirt appeared slightly darker and more muted, while the plain shorts looked brighter.
According to Footy Headlines, that difference likely comes from the manufacturing process.
The shirt uses dye-sublimation printing for the retro graphic, while the shorts are made from traditionally dyed fabric, which can create a stronger, more saturated red.
That colour mismatch has divided opinion.
Some fans felt it made the kit look like two different pieces put together, while others pointed out that it may actually be historically accurate.
The original 1989-91 Adidas Liverpool kit had a similar contrast between the patterned shirt and brighter solid shorts, meaning Adidas may have recreated one of the quirks of the old design rather than accidentally creating a new problem.
However, this was not the only issue that was spotted with the kit.
The shirt looked noticeably loose on several players.
The body looked roomier than usual, and the long-sleeve versions seemed to bunch around the wrists.
Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai all appeared in long sleeves, which made the oversized fit even more obvious, especially around the arms and cuffs.
Salah also switched to a short-sleeved shirt in the 2nd half, but it still looked larger than what is usually worn.
That has led to one of the main questions around the new kit: is Liverpool’s 26/27 home shirt oversized?
Based on what we know so far, the authentic/player-issue version does appear to run bigger than last season’s shirt.
It was reported that a 2025/26 Liverpool authentic shirt in size M and a 2026/27 Liverpool authentic shirt in size M look noticeably different in size, despite carrying the same label.
This image shows the 25/26 kit on top of the 26/27 kit, both in the XL size as listed by Adidas.
The newer version appears to be wider and looser, even though Adidas’ listed sizing remains the same for both shirts.
But was this intentional or accidental by Adidas?
One possible explanation is that Adidas has deliberately gone for a more baggy fit to match the retro inspiration.
Liverpool’s 26/27 home kit is based on the club’s late-80s and early-90s Adidas era, when shirts were naturally boxier and less fitted than modern kits.
If that is the idea, then the bigger shape may be part of the throwback.
Another explanation is a wider sizing or production issue.
If a size M from 2026/27 is clearly larger than a size M from 2025/26, but the official sizing information still looks the same, fans buying the expensive authentic version could end up with a fit they were not expecting.
It is also important to separate the authentic shirt from the standard replica version.
The current discussion is mainly about the authentic/player-issue shirt.
That does not automatically mean the regular fan version will fit in the same way, because Adidas builds the two versions differently.
For now, it is hard to say how much of this is intentional.
The colour difference and the looser fit could be Adidas could be a retro reference to the “candy era” of Liverpool, the original inspiration for this kit.
At the same time, the size comparison raises fair questions about whether the authentic version is simply running larger than expected.
Either way, Liverpool’s 26/27 home kit has already caused plenty of drama from just one match debut.
