Before Liverpool left for the United States, the team had a warm-up match on Friday. In Arne Slot’s first meeting in England, he led the team against the second division Preston North End.
We had Liverpool’s first game under Arne Slot Source: Facebook.com/LiverpoolFC
Eleven of the Reds who played in the European Championship and the Copa America are still on vacation, so in addition to a few well-known faces, the squad was mostly made up of young people. Slot tried to give as many of them as possible the opportunity to play, so twenty-five Liverpool players turned up on the field for a longer or shorter time.
Among them was Dominik Szoboszlai, who was replaced as the only player from his team in the first half, he got 33 minutes. It should be added that the Hungarian midfielder only joined his teammates who started the preparation period earlier on Tuesday. For example, Andy Robertson, who returned at the same time as Szoboszlai, was not even used on Friday.
The match was won by Preston North End with Robbie Brady’s shot from 37 meters. Here is the result:
How is Liverpool’s next program going?
Liverpool travel to the United States on Tuesday to face Real Betis (July 27), Arsenal (August 1) and Manchester United (August 3). Among the aforementioned absentees, Diogo Jota is already participating in the American tour, but Alisson, Alexis MacAllister, Darwin Núnez, Luis Díaz, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Ryan Gravenberch, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Ibrahima Konaté will only join in Liverpool to peers.
In addition to them, the Slot guard will continue against Sevilla at Anfield on August 11, and then the new Premier League campaign will begin at the home of Ipswich Town, the bronze medalist of the previous season, on August 17.
Preparation match:
Preston–Liverpool 1-0
scorer: Brady (27th)
Liverpool first half: Jaros, Bradley, Van den Berg, Quansah, Cimikasz, Jones, Elliott, Szoboszlai (Endo, 33), Doak, Salah, Carvalho.
Liverpool second half: Davies, Stephenson, Nallo, Phillips, Chambers (Beck, 75), Endo (Nyoni, 75), Bajcetic, Morton, McConnell, Koumas (Blair, 75), Gordon.