“It’s not red. In my country green is a color of hope”.
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Liverpool saw 14 of its regulars participate in the two major summer tournaments, including player of the year Philippe Coutinho, who led Brazil in Copa America Centenario.
Origi collected a long pass from Alberto Moreno on the left of the area and cut inside to brilliantly beat Gabriel Paletta before unleashing a sweet right-footed shot that curled beyond Gabriel.
After a dreadfully uneventful first half of action, 2014 World Cup Belgian starlet Divock Origi finally unlocked the scoreline for Liverpool with a 59th minute curling finish. For reporters, there’s no need to worry about the manager swatting away questions with one-line retorts; it’s more about throwing a topic up into the air and seeing where Klopp decides to take it. He admitted that is the “the only moment” in a game “where it should be a little bit hectic” and said “the rest should be calm and really dominant”, which he believes it was against Milan, calling himself “pleased with performance of the whole team” as a result. “I don’t think about when we are finished, I only think about what we can do tomorrow”. “I’m trying to find a balance for the team”.
International Champions Cup: U.S. forward Julian Green had a hat trick by halftime, and Bayern Munich defeated Inter Milan 4-1 in Charlotte, N.C.
Liverpool have been short at the back after the confirmed departure of Australian right-back Brad Smith to Bournemouth which compelled Jurgen Klopp to play James Milner at the right-back position in the pre-season friendly against fellow Premier League club, Chelsea. Liverpool memorably came out on top in 2005, after coming back from 3-0 down at halftime to win in a penalty shootout, before Milan got a measure of revenge with victory two years later. “And the same with Wijnaldum – he is someone who can provide chances for players and score goals”. Liverpool fell to Chelsea 1-0 in its opener.
Saturday’s exhibition marked the Liverpool debut of Dutch worldwide Georginio Wijnaldum, the former Feyenoord and PSV star. Sometimes you reach more and sometimes less, but last season I got 11. “As a team we’re enjoying our first minutes”.
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Liverpool vs AC Milan is available in live streaming. In the UEFA Champions League final, Liverpool scored three goals in a six-minute span to erase in a 3-0 deficit en route to a shootout win over the stunned Italian side.
