Liverpool and Barcelona meet in an International Champion Cup game at Wembley on Saturday.
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Mane was on the scoresheet in the Liverpool’s 4-0 friendly win over Barcelona on Saturday at Wembley and Lallana believes that showed supporters the capabilities of the Senegalese global.
In the meantime, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will lead the Barcelona attack with Neymar still out with Brazil at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The German admitted that it was a poor result just one week before the start of the new Premier League season, but insists that his side are still in a good place heading into the upcoming campaign.
Still, there were unmistakable hints that, with a pre-season behind them, this is now a Klopp team. But has Klopp bought better than he has been given credit for? Na just one week remain for us to train before we start the new season. He could be their different-maker. Subs – Bravo 5, Pique 5, Rakitic 6, Mujica 5, Alberto 6.
It was in these circumstances that the first goal came about.
As you’d expect after being humiliated 4-0, Liverpool fans were absolutely furious on Twitter.
Sane, a £34m summer signing, opened the scoring on 15 minutes before Javier Mascherano scored an own goal. Maybe it will take time to get used to. The Belgian made a sharp save from Arda Turan’s deflected effort before the Turkish midfielder put the rebound wide.
A sixth-minute penalty from Leonardo Baptistao gave Espanyol, now managed by former Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores, a 1-0 win at Everton.
Poor defending by Joel Matip let Colombia forward Cordoba fire home from a tight angle to make it 2-0 to the hosts at the break. Substituting for Phillipe Coutinho, the Belgian wasted no time making an impact. Moreno set the Brazilian attacker through on goal, but he could only send his side-footed shot past the far post when he should have found the net.
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“Barcelona was not bad, [they are] never bad”, Klopp said at news conference after the game. He looks risky every time he gets the ball!
