Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has made an honest admission about Liverpool after their pre-season friendly.
The Reds suffered a 4-0 defeat to Man United in Bangkok on Tuesday, as Liverpool started their pre-season campaign with a defeat. Jadon Sancho, Fred, Anthony Martial and Facundo Pellistri scored the goals for United.
Jurgen Klopp opted to go with three separate line-ups each being handed 30 minutes of action on the pitch. New signings Darwin Nunez and Fabio Carvalho were both handed 'debuts', with the latter hitting the woodwork in the first half.
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Klopp also handed opportunities to young players such as Melkamu Frauendorf, Tom Hill, Leighton Clarkson, Tyler Morton, Luke Chambers, Stefan Bajcetic and Isaac Mabaya. The latter impressed fans with his performance in the first half.
After beating Liverpool, Ten Hag spoke about why he would not be focusing too much on the result in his first match in charge.
"Liverpool played with three teams and they were not at their strongest," Ten Hag told MUTV.
"So we are not overestimating the [performance]. But we saw some really good things.
“What you see is we have a lot of creativity and speed in the front and we have potential."
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