Mane joined Liverpool from Southampton for £30million this summer as Jurgen Klopp looks to rebuild his side ahead of the new Premier League season.
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‘He can go down the outside, he’s got a goal in his locker like he produced against Barcelona.
The Reds slipped to a heavy defeat in Germany on Sunday, with the game kicking off mere hours after the 4-0 victory over Barcelona at Wembley had ended. For the rest of us, it’s a time to watch dumb friendly games and marvel at their often baffling scorelines.
The one downside from the game was an injury to James Milner who has recently found a new home at left back. “We have no real idea what it is but it’s something with the heel and we have to do a scan and then we’ll know more”.
“We have to learn better that when we stay deep, we must be active and it was a little bit of a problem, but there were also some wonderful moments”. I said before the game that we had a great chance to win even though we knew it would be a hard game against top opponents.
“Mane has been good for us so far, he’s been a spark to the team and he’s very direct and has loads of pace on the wing”, said the right-back.
Suarez, facing his former club for the first time, teed up Messi to roll a shot against the right-hand post, while Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet saved from Arda Turan and Suarez.
With seven friendly games behind them to Barcelona s two, Liverpool were the sharper team and they took the lead with a slick goal.
“This would probably explain some of the things we saw but that’s not meant as an excuse”.
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Klopp added: “I’m happy with the squad but if something on the injury side happens then we need to react – that’s how it is”. I could see what he was going to bring to this team. With the experience of the game and where we had solutions and didn’t have solutions, that’s more important than knowing it’s Barcelona. “It’s pretty cool we were fearless enough to show our skills and to defend in a good way”.
