Liverpool won their first title of the upcoming season which is the community shield with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Manchester City in what was the curtain-raiser for the 2022-23 campaign at King Power Stadium.
Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the opening goal in the first half before VAR intervention helped aid a flurry of activity after the break.
Manchester’s City substitute Julian Alvarez levelled after a long wait having seen his strike initially ruled out for offside, before Mohamed Salah converted a penalty inside the final 10 minutes.
Darwin Nunez rounded off proceedings in added time to record a debut goal and Jugen Klopp was delighted by the victory and overall performance at full-time.
Jugen Klopp after the match had this to say
“It was good, it was really good. It is clear it will get better with time. We live in a world where everybody gets judged on first sight and that’s not helpful for nobody, but it happens constantly. We were today – both teams – not at 100 per cent of their physical, usual situation, if you want. But in the first few games [of pre-season] we were not even close to the fitness level of today. Then when he came on, we passed each ball for him to chase it and after the third ball he was completely killed and then everybody judged his first touches and these kind of things. It’s just a joke, but we have to live with that, he will deal with it brilliantly, we are patient, and we know he can do good stuff. I liked his impact today; I liked the impact.
Probably one of the highlights of the game, as good as we were, was the impact from the bench – [it] was really exceptional. Everybody who came on was quick in the game – very, very, very helpful. A top sign. It was a good game, a good start from us,”
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