Liverpool stepped up their pre-season preparations with a pleasant in opposition to Championship aspect Preston on Friday, with 25 gamers that includes in a 1-0 loss.
The Reds are nonetheless within the early levels of their pre-season, and subsequently a warmup defeat to Preston – who themselves have been enjoying their fourth pleasant of the summer season already – needs to be no concern.
As a substitute, the intrigue is extra in who featured, for a way lengthy and during which mixtures, as Slot fielded two completely different XIs on the AXA Coaching Centre.
The primary half noticed a aspect closest to his strongest accessible, with Vitezslav Jaros in purpose behind a again 4 of Conor Bradley, Sepp van den Berg, Jarell Quansah and Kostas Tsimikas.
Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott and Dominik Szoboszlai – whose minutes have been managed – began in midfield whereas Ben Doak, Fabio Carvalho and Mohamed Salah lined up in assault.
Doak, Salah and Elliott have been among the many largest threats for Liverpool, but it surely was visiting midfielder Robbie Brady who netted the one purpose of the sport across the half-hour.
Brady, previously of Hull, Norwich and Burnley, was in a position to lob Jaros from 40 yards after stealing the ball within the Liverpool half.
Slot introduced Szoboszlai off quickly after, with Wataru Endo taking his place, and the defensive midfielder was the one participant retained after half-time.
Children Harvey Davies, Luca Stephenson, Amara Nallo, Luke Chambers, Lewis Koumas and Kaide Gordon have been all introduced in together with extra senior staples in Nat Phillips, Stefan Bajcetic, Tyler Morton and Kaide Gordon.
Owen Beck, Trey Nyoni and Harvey Blair have been launched with quarter-hour to play, however regardless of dominating the sport the Reds noticed few real alternatives.
It will likely be seen as a worthwhile train by Slot and his employees, in fact, with the primary warmup beneath their belt forward of a tour of the USA.
Lots of those that featured on Friday shall be included within the squad to journey for clashes with Actual Betis, Arsenal and Man United.
Curiously, there was no involvement for Caoimhin Kelleher, who has not been noticed in coaching of late, whereas Jayden Danns and Andy Robertson additionally missed out.
It had been speculated that Liverpool may play multiple behind-closed-doors pleasant earlier than flying Stateside, however this now appears unlikely given they’re as a consequence of journey on Tuesday.
Liverpool first-half XI: Jaros; Bradley, Van den Berg, Quansah, Tsimikas; Jones, Elliott, Szoboszlai (Endo 33′); Doak, Carvalho, Salah
Liverpool second-half XI: Davies; Stephenson, Nallo, Phillips, Chambers (Beck 75′); Endo (Nyoni 75′), Bajcetic, Morton, McConnell; Koumas (Blair 75′), Gordon
