Darwin Núñez scored three targets in 14 first-half minutes for Liverpool as they beat Stoke Metropolis 5-0 in a behind-closed-doors pleasant on Sunday.
Núñez, who has been linked with a transfer away from Anfield this summer season, had Liverpool 3-0 up inside 20 minutes of kick off.
Rio Ngumoha and Federico Chiesa additionally scored as Arne Slot’s facet impressed within the recreation at Liverpool’s AXA Coaching Centre.
Florian Wirtz, who joined Liverpool in a club-record switch from Bayer Leverkusen earlier this summer season, featured in a robust first-half XI that additionally included Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool made 10 modifications on the break with Ibrahima Konaté, Cody Gakpo, Kostas Tsimikas, and Ryan Gravenberch that includes in addition to new signings Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong.
Alisson Becker did not characteristic for Liverpool with Giorgi Mamardashvili beginning in aim earlier than being changed by Ármin Pécsi shortly earlier than the hour mark.
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In the meantime, sources advised ESPN that Liverpool are but to achieve an settlement with Frankfurt relating to the switch of Hugo Ekitike. The golf equipment stay in talks a couple of transfer that might see Liverpool strengthen their attacking choices.
One other Liverpool goal, Alexander Isak, missed Newcastle United‘s 4-0 preseason defeat to Celtic on Saturday with manager Eddie Howe saying his absence was as a consequence of hypothesis about his future. Nonetheless, Howe additionally expressed confidence that Isak would stay at Newcastle amid curiosity from Liverpool.
Liverpool first-half group: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Van Dijk, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Salah, Jones, Robertson, Wirtz, Ngumoha, Nyoni.
Liverpool second-half group: Mamardashvili (Pecsi, 59), Endo, Konate, Chiesa, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Doak (Stephenson, 74), Kerkez, Frimpong, Bradley.
Data from ESPN’s Mark Ogden contributed to this report.