Liverpool are up and running in their preparations for the upcoming campaign as they cruised to a 2-0 friendly victory over Crystal Palace at Singapore’s National Stadium on Friday evening.
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace: Highlights| Results| FA Cup| First half highlights
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Highlights:
Although Klopp was without the services of injured duo Alisson Becker and Diogo Jota, and opted against beginning the tie with the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Salah, he was still able to send out a formidable starting lineup boasting names such as Henderson, Luis Diaz and Roberto Firmino.
It took them just 12 minutes to open the scoring when a searching diagonal ball by James Milner found Harvey Elliott down the right and the youngster in turn perfectly weighted an equally-inventive cutback to the edge of the box, paving the way for Henderson to expertly curl a first-time effort into the far corner.
| 1H | 2H | Final | |
| Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals:
Henderson LIV, 12 Mins
Salah LIV, 47 Mins
Results:
2-0
As he did against United, Klopp was not averse to making wholesale changes to his team in a bid to get minutes in his entire squad, sending out a completely different team for the second half.
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Following their 4-0 defeat to Manchester United in Bangkok earlier this week, Liverpool looked sharper and slicker as Jordan Henderson scored in the first half and Mohamed Salah grabbed a trademark goal in the second.
Fabio Carvalho went close to adding a third and Liverpool were too strong for an understrength Palace, as Patrick Vieira had to leave several of his key players (Wilfried Zaha, Eberechi Eze.
First Half Highlights:
Christian Benteke and Marc Guehi among them) at home due to fitness issues and that they ‘did not meet the entry requirements when travel arrangements were made.’
Liverpool now head to Germany and Austria to play against RB Leizpig and RB Salzburg respectively, while Crystal Palace will fly to Australia to play against Manchester United in Melbourne and Leeds in Perth.
