Liverpool
4 - 0 West Ham United
| Sunday 12 August 2018 13:30 FA
Premier League |
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Ham United |
| 4 - 0 (2-0) |
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| Salah 19, Mane 45, 53, Sturridge 88 |
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13 Alisson Becker
26 Andrew Robertson
4 Virgil Van Dijk
12 Joe Gomez
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
8 Naby Keita
5 Georginio Wijnaldum
7 James Milner (c)
10 Sadio Mane
9 Roberto Firmino
11 Mohamed Salah
Subs:
1 Loris Karius
2 Nathaniel Clyne
3 Fabio Henrique Tavares
14 Jordan Henderson
20 Adam Lallana
23 Xherdan Shaqiri
15 Daniel Sturridge |
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1 Lukasz Fabianski
26 Arthur Masuaku
21 Angelo Ogbonna
4 Fabian Balbuena
24 Ryan Fredericks
8 Felipe Anderson
41 Declan Rice
19 Jack Wilshere
16 Mark Noble
30 Michail Antonio
7 Marko Arnautovic
Subs:
13 Adrian
5 Pablo Zabaleta
23 Issa Diop
11 Robert Snodgrass
14 Pedro Obiang
17 Javier Hernandez
20 Andriy Yarmolenko |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
Firmino (Henderson 69)
Mane (Shaqiri 81)
Salah (Sturridge 87) |
Rice (Snodgrass 46)
Anderson (Hernandez 62')
Arnautovic (Yarmolenko 67) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Anthony Taylor
(Greater Manchester) Linesmen: Gary Beswick (County Durham), Adam Nunn
(Wiltshire) 4th Official: Paul Tierney (Lancashire) |
| Booked: Alexander-Arnold
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Booked: Anderson 52,
Balbuena 55
Sent Off: |
| VENUE |
MANAGERS |
Anfield (capacity 54,394)
Attendance: 53,235 |
Jugen Klopp (Liverpool)
Manuel Pellegrini (WHU) |
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this programme)
Notes:
- Naby Keita makes his LFC debut.
- Xherdan Shaqiri makes his LFC debut.
- Alisson Becker makes his LFC debut.
- Liverpool league position after match: 1.
- West Ham United league position after match: 19.
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Reds
begin in style with West Ham victory
Liverpool kicked off the 2018-19 Premier League season with a commanding 4-0
victory over West Ham United at Anfield on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring inside the 20-minute mark when he tapped in from
Andy Robertson’s low cross from the left.
There was a similar feel about the second, too, as Sadio Mane converted from close
range unmarked after James Milner had nudged the ball back into the six-yard box in
first-half stoppage-time.
Mane also added the third shortly after the re-start, dispatching Roberto Firmino’s
lay-off into the bottom corner on the spin.
Daniel Sturridge grabbed the fourth and final goal of the afternoon, a matter of
seconds after coming on from the bench, when he slotted in at the back post from a corner
to cap a fine first day of the new campaign for Liverpool.
The team news
Alisson Becker and Naby Keita were handed their Premier League debuts, while fellow
new arrivals Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri were named on the bench alongside Jordan
Henderson.
The first half…
An audible sense of optimism and belief hung in the air around Anfield as the game
got under way, and Liverpool responded accordingly by asserting themselves from the off.
After a succession of half-chances and nearly moments, the Reds recorded their
first notable attempt with 16 minutes gone. James Milner’s arching ball into path of
Mane’s run was almost tucked away by the forward, but for the glove of Lukasz Fabianski.
The captain then swung in a tantalising centre from the right which narrowly evaded
each of the front three by a mere couple of inches.
A breakthrough appeared inevitable – and it duly arrived with 19 minutes gone.
Keita spun into space and motored forward before releasing Robertson on the left of
the area. His low cross picked out Salah at the back post, who gleefully tapped in to get
his account up and running for the new season.
Liverpool were foiled a quick-fire second when Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick
was superbly beaten around the post by Fabianski before Georginio Wijnaldum scooped wide
after pouncing on a loose ball.
West Ham mustered their first chance when Marko Arnautovic scampered into space and
had an effort nicked wide by Joe Gomez before Fabian Balbuena planted a header from the
resulting corner straight at Alisson.
At the other end, Fabianski again thwarted the Reds when he repelled Salah’s
close-range attempt from Firmino’s pull back.
But, with the contest deep into stoppage-time, the home team did claim their
second. Robertson hung a ball towards the back post where Milner did magnificently to keep
play alive and divert it back across goal, enabling Mane to tap in from six yards out.
The second half…
West Ham had an opportunity to reduce the deficit moments into the second period
when Felipe Anderson’s near-post flick from a corner found the unmarked Michail Antonio,
but he couldn’t adjust his body to convert.
Shortly after, Liverpool furthered their grip on the contest when Mane netted once
more.
This time Firmino managed to nudge the ball into the path of the No.10, who spun
and steered a low shot into the bottom corner.
As the contest entered its final quarter, Henderson was introduced from the bench
in place of Firmino as the Reds threated a fourth.
Wijnaldum clipped over the bar and Salah went close to nudging in another Robertson
delivery across the face of goal.
Shaqiri replaced Mane in the final stages to make his league bow before Sturridge
came on for Salah.
And with his first touch, Sturridge steered in hosts’ fourth, meeting a corner at
the back post and nudging in just seconds after coming from the bench.
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Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Liverpool
| Monday 20 August 2018 20:00 FA
Premier League |
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Liverpool |
| 0 - 2 (0-1) |
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| GOAL |
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Milner 45 p, Mane 90 |
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13 Wayne Hennessey
3 Patrick Van Aanholt
12 Mamadou Sakho
5 James Tomkins
29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka
15 Jeff Schlupp
18 James McArthur
4 Luka Milivojevic
10 Andros Townsend
11 Wilfred Zaha
17 Christian Benteke
Subs:
31 Vicente Guaita
2 Joel Ward
34 Martin Kelly
7 Max Meyer
8 Cheikhou Kouyate
9 Alexander Sorloth
14 Jordan Ayew |
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13 Alisson Becker
26 Andrew Robertson
4 Virgil Van Dijk
12 Joe Gomez
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
8 Naby Keita
5 Georginio Wijnaldum
7 James Milner (c)
10 Sadio Mane
9 Roberto Firmino
11 Mohamed Salah
Subs:
22 Simon Mignolet
18 Alberto Moreno
32 Joel Matip
14 Jordan Henderson
20 Adam Lallana
23 Xherdan Shaqiri
15 Daniel Sturridge |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
Benteke (Sorloth 70)
Townsend(Ward 79)
Schlupp (Meyer 83) |
Milner (Henderson 67)
Keita (Lallana 87)
Firmino (Sturridge 90) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Michael Oliver
(Northumberland) Linesmen: Simon Bennett (Staffordshire), Scott Ledger
(Yorkshire) 4th Official: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire) |
Booked: Van Aanholt 42
Sent Off: Wan-Bissaka 75 |
Booked: Alexander-Arnold
52 |
| VENUE |
MANAGERS |
Selhurst Park (capacity 25,456)
Attendance: 25,750 |
Roy Hodgson
(Crystal P)
Jugen Klopp (Liverpool) |
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this programme)
Notes:
- Liverpool league position after match: 2.
- Crystal Palace league position after match: 10.
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Milner
and Mane strike to beat Palace
Goals in stoppage time at the end of each half by James Milner and Sadio Mane
earned Liverpool a 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Monday night.
Milner opened the scoring with a penalty just before the break after Mohamed Salah
was fouled while attempting to wriggle away from Mamadou Sakho.
And Mane wrapped the three points up in the 93rd minute, the No.10 racing onto
Salah’s pass and rounding Wayne Hennessey after the Reds had absorbed a late flurry from
Palace - who had seen Aaron Wan-Bissaka sent off with a quarter of an hour left for
tripping the Egyptian as he bore down on goal.
The hosts went close to opening the scoring when Andros Townsend struck the
crossbar with a long-range effort, and Alisson Becker was forced to tip Luka Milivojevic’s
free-kick wide as they pressed for an equaliser before Wan-Bissaka’s dismissal.
Liverpool, though, displayed the majority of the attacking intent throughout the
game and were good value for their second successive win at the start of the season amid a
typically-boisterous atmosphere at Selhurst Park.
Team news
Jьrgen Klopp opted to field an unchanged starting line-up from the opening-day win
over West Ham United, with Joel Matip and Simon Mignolet returning to the matchday squad
as substitutes.
First half
It took just three minutes for Salah to get a first sight of Hennessey’s goal.
The Egyptian was found by Naby Keita’s pass from deep, but the attentions of Sakho and
Patrick van Aanholt meant he was unable to force the ‘keeper into a save.
Liverpool adopted a patient approach in the early stages, content to probe through
circulating the ball as Palace sat deep.
The hosts were opened up midway through the half thanks to a piece of individual
brilliance from Keita who, all in one movement, collected Alisson’s pass in the
left-back area and turned nimbly away from Townsend.
He then fed Salah, only for the forward’s attempted lob over the onrushing
Hennessey to clear the crossbar.
Palace, though, went even closer to opening the scoring soon after, when Townsend’s
long-range curler cannoned back off the bar after Keita had ceded possession.
Keita and Andy Robertson were next to have attempts on goal - Hennessey saving from
the former, before the latter sliced Salah’s hooked cross over.
Roy Hodgson’s team enjoyed their best spell of the half thereafter, but the Reds
went in ahead as Milner coolly converted the resulting spot-kick after Salah had been
felled by Sakho in the area.
Second half
Liverpool’s advantage could have been doubled in the early stages of the second
period, too.
Alisson began a dangerous counter that ended with Salah pulling the ball back to
Keita, who dragged wide from 18 yards.
Milivojevic’s free-kick was palmed away by Alisson at the other end as the home
fans cranked up the volume - and the Reds’ goalkeeper was on hand once again to gather
Wilfried Zaha’s attempt after the Palace forward worked an opening for himself in the
box.
That was to be the hosts’ final foray forward with 11 men on the pitch, however.
Salah produced a magnificent first touch on the halfway line to set himself free on
goal from Roberto Firmino’s pass, but the No.11 was tripped by Wan-Bissaka as he bore
down on Hennessey, leading to the youngster’s dismissal.
Liverpool immediately set about making their numerical advantage count on the
scoreboard, with Keita and Salah being denied by Hennessey.
And they did so in injury time, when Salah fed Mane on the break and the Senegalese
surged past Hennessey before slotting his third goal of the campaign into an empty net.
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Saint-Germain (Paris, France)
| Tuesday 18 September 2018 20:00
Champions League First Group Phase |
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| Liverpool |
Paris
Saint-Germain |
| 3 - 2 (2-1) |
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| GOAL |
| Sturridge 30, Milner 36 p, Firmino 90 |
Meunier 40, Mbappe 83 |
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13 Alisson Becker
26 Andrew Robertson
4 Virgil Van Dijk
12 Joe Gomez
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
7 James Milner
14 Jordan Henderson (c)
5 Georginio Wijnaldum
10 Sadio Mane
15 Daniel Sturridge
11 Mohamed Salah
Subs:
22 Simon Mignolet
18 Alberto Moreno
32 Joel Matip
3 Fabio Henrique Tavares
8 Naby Keita
23 Xherdan Shaqiri
9 Roberto Firmino |
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16 Alphonse Areola
14 Juan Bernat
3 Presnel Kimpembe
2 Thiago Silva
12 Thomas Meunier
11 Angel Di Maria
5 Marquinhos
25 Adrien Rabiot
10 Neymar
9 Edinson Cavani
7 Kylian Mbappe
Subs:
40 Sebastien Cibois
4 Thilo Kehrer
19 Lassana Diarra
24 Christopher Nkunku
36 Stanley N'Soki
17 EM Choupo-Moting
23 Julian Draxler |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
Sturridge (Firmino 72)
Salah (Shaqiri 85)
Mane (Tavarez 90) |
Di Maria (Choupo-Moting
80)
Cavani (Draxler 80) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Cuneyt Cakir Linesmen:
Bahattin Duran, Tarik Ongun Additional assistant referee: Huseyin Gocek,
Baris Simsek 4th Official: Mustafa Eyisoy (all Turkey) |
| Booked: Van Djik 27 |
Booked: Meunier 45 |
| VENUE |
MANAGERS |
Anfield (capacity 54,394)
Attendance: 52,478 |
Jugen Klopp (Liverpool)
Thomas Tuchel (PSG) |
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this programme)
Notes:
- Paris Saint-Germain used ? kits: all black.
- Fabio Henrique Tavares makes his LFC debut.
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Firmino's
injury-time winner settles PSG thriller
Roberto Firmino struck in stoppage time to snatch a 3-2 victory for Liverpool over
Paris Saint-Germain in a pulsating Champions League encounter at Anfield.
The Reds led 2-0 after 35 minutes of their opening Group C fixture, which was
played out amid an electric atmosphere in L4, thanks to Daniel Sturridge's header and a
James Milner penalty.
Thomas Meunier pulled one back for PSG before the interval and, after Firmino - who
started as a substitute after sustaining an eye injury in Saturday's 2-1 win over
Tottenham Hotspur - had come on, Kylian Mbappe levelled with just seven minutes left to
play.
Jurgen Klopp's side refused to settle for a point, however, and Firmino's stunning,
unerring, 92nd-minute finish saw them claim all three.
Team news
Klopp made two changes to his starting line-up, with Sturridge and Jordan Henderson
coming in for Firmino and Naby Keita.
First half
Both sides started quickly as Anfield crackled with noise.
But, after Virgil van Dijk had swept up Neymar’s attempted throughball to Mbappe
following a drifting dribble across the pitch from the Brazilian, the hosts asserted their
authority for a 10-minute spell that saw Alphonse Areola’s goal come under considerable
threat.
First, a well-worked corner routine ended with the PSG goalkeeper tipping Van Dijk’s
shot wide from Milner’s drilled cross.
Liverpool’s vice-captain was next to test Areola as he fizzed in a low
left-footed that was bound for the bottom corner from 20 yards and, in the 10th minute,
the visiting stopper saved from Sadio Mane.
Joe Gomez then sent a header over the crossbar from Mohamed Salah’s corner,
before PSG regained a foothold.
Neymar hit a stinging drive that Alisson Becker parried away, with Van Dijk on hand
to snuff out any danger from the rebound as Edinson Cavani lurked with intent, and
Liverpool’s ‘keeper comfortably gathered Angel Di Maria’s attempt from distance soon
after.
The Reds, though, took the lead on the half-hour mark.
Andy Robertson produced a peach of a first-time delivery after Trent
Alexander-Arnold had overhit a cross from the right, and Sturridge evaded Thiago Silva
before burying his header beyond Areola from close range.
Mbappe cleared Alisson’s bar from Neymar’s pulled-back corner as PSG sought an
immediate riposte.
However, as the decibel level increased, so did Liverpool’s advantage, courtesy
of Milner’s penalty.
Juan Bernat tripped Georginio Wijnaldum in the area, allowing the No.7 to step up
and plant a firm spot-kick into the bottom-right corner of the Kop-end net.
Meunier halved the French champions’ deficit before the break, smartly volleying
in after Di Maria’s cross had hit Robertson, but the first half belonged to the home
side.
Second half
The early stages of the second period saw no drop off in quality or tempo, with
Liverpool again carrying the greater attacking menace.
Klopp’s team thought they’d restored their two-goal cushion when Salah poked
home in the 58th minute, only for referee Cuneyt Cakir to overrule his assistant and
disallow after Sturridge had slid in on Areola.
Areola was then on hand to palm away Sturridge’s miscued header from
Alexander-Arnold’s pinpoint delivery, before Klopp introduced Firmino in place of the
Reds’ first goalscorer with a little under 20 minutes remaining.
Salah and Mane sent shots off target as Liverpool pressed for a third, but it was
PSG who struck next when Mbappe finished coolly following a dart through the centre by
Neymar.
With time running out, the match appeared to be heading for a draw.
Firmino, though, had other ideas.
Liverpool kept the ball alive from a stoppage-time corner. Their No.9 dipped
inside, then outside onto his right foot and arrowed a shot back across Areola to spark
scenes of pandemonium inside Anfield.
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Liverpool 3 - 1 Torino FC
(Torino, Italy)
| Tuesday 7th August 2018 19:30
Friendly |
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| Liverpool |
Torino
FC |
| 3 - 1 (2-1) |
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| GOAL |
| Firmino 21, Wijnaldum 24, Sturridge 87 |
Belotti 31 |
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13 Alisson Becker
18 Alberto Moreno (c)
4 Virgil Van Dijk
47 Nathaniel Phillips
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabio Henrique Tavares
5 Georginio Wijnaldum
8 Naby Keita
10 Sadio Mane
11 Mohamed Salah
9 Roberto Firmino
Subs:
1 Loris Karius
73 Kamil Grabara
26 Andrew Robertson
2 Nathaniel Clyne
49 George Johnson
14 Jordan Henderson
16 Marko Grujic
20 Adam Lallana
23 Xherdan Shaqiri
48 Curtis Jone
64 Rafael Camacho
15 Daniel Sturridge
28 Danny Ings |
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39 Salvatore Sirigu
55 Armando Izzo
36 Gleison Bremer
33 Nicolas Nkoulou
88 Tomas Rincon
21 Alex Berenguer
29 Lorenzo De Silvestri
8 Daniele Baselli
23 Soualiho Meite
9 Andrea Belotti
14 Iago Falque
Subs:
1 Salvador Ichazo
25 Antonio Rosati
15 Cristian Ansaldi
24 Emiliano Moretti
27 Vittorio Parigini
99 Erick Ferigra
2 Mirko Valdifiori
7 Sasa Lukic
11 M'Baye Niang
20 Simone Edera |
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Van Dijk (Robertson 45)
Wijnaldum (Jones 45)
Moreno (Grujic 45)
Keita (Lallana 45)
Salah (Shaqiri 45)
Mane (Ings 45)
Firmino (Sturridge 45)
Alexander-Arnold (Clyne 63)
Tavares (Henderson 70)
Becker (Karius 73)
Phillips (Johnston 88)
Jones (Camacho 88') |
Falque (Edera 59)
Izzo (Moretti 68)
Baselli (Ansaldi 70)
Berenguer (Valdifiori 80)
Rincon (Lukic 80)
Belotti (Niang 80)
Nkoulou (Ferigra 79)
De Silvestri (Parigini 79) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Michael Oliver
(Northumberland) |
| Booked: |
Booked: |
| VENUE |
MANAGERS |
Anfield (capacity 54,074)
Attendance: |
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Walter Mazzarri (Torino) |
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Notes:
- Torino used away kits, all white.
- Fabio Henrique Tavares
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Reds
beat Torino to wrap up pre-season
Liverpool completed their pre-season preparations with a 3-1 win over Torino on
Tuesday night as new quartet Alisson Becker, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri all
made their Anfield debuts for the Reds.
Back on home soil for the first time in almost three months, the hosts treated the
fans to an entertaining match as goals from Roberto Firmino, Georginio Wijnaldum and
Daniel Sturridge ensured they head into Sunday's Premier League opener against West Ham
United on a run of four victories.
Italian outfit Torino, who finished ninth in Serie A last season, arrived in L4
with a 100 per cent pre-season record and no goals conceded, but they should have been
behind after just 16 minutes.
Sadio Mane was buffeted in the box by Il Toro centre-back Gleison Bremer and
despite the No.10 commendably staying on his feet, referee Michael Oliver pointed to the
spot.
Fabinho - penalty-taker supreme during his days at AS Monaco - stepped up to take
the spot-kick but dragged his effort low and wide of goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu's left
post.
Four minutes later, Firmino gave the Reds the lead their early performance
deserved.
Latching onto Mohamed Salah's clever through ball from the edge of the box, the
Brazilian fired in a shot from 14 yards out that took a looping deflection off wing-back
Lorenzo Di Silvestri and nestled in the back of the net.
Liverpool continued to swarm forward and on 23 minutes Wijnaldum doubled the lead.
Racing through to meet Firmino's defence-splitting pass, the Dutch midfielder produced a
calm, low finish to beat Sirigu from the right angle of the box.
The visitors rallied and got one back after Di Silvestri deftly controlled a high
ball on the right flank and crossed for captain Andrea Belotti to head home from six yards
out.
With half-time looming, Wijnaldum sprung the offside trap to collect another
perfectly-timed pass from Salah but was denied his second goal of the game by a tremendous
save from Sirigu.
Klopp made seven changes at the break as Shaqiri, Andy Robertson, Marko Grujic,
Curtis Jones, Adam Lallana, Sturridge and Danny Ings entered the fray.
It took just five minutes for the latter to get his first sight of goal. Some fancy
footwork and a neat pass from strike partner Sturridge set him up, but the Englishman
fired his shot wide of the far post.
Sturridge brought another good save out of Sirigu just short of the hour mark when
the No.15 bamboozled Torino centre-back Nicolas Nkoulou in the box and stung the hands of
the goalkeeper with a snap-shot.
Then it was Ings' turn to test the Torino stopper, who once again denied the Reds,
although this time he was indebted to his defence for clearing off the line after making
only a partial save.
Despite the chances, Liverpool struggled to match the fluency of the first half but
the Anfield crowd were in full voice on 70 minutes when Jordan Henderson came on for his
first appearance since reaching the World Cup semi-finals with England.
And that cheer was matched when Loris Karius replaced Alisson between the posts for
the final 15 minutes at Anfield.
With three minutes to go, Sturridge added the final flourish when he headed home
from Shaqiri's wonderfully floated cross from the right to notch his sixth goal in
pre-season.
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