Liverpool were held to a 4-4 draw by German second-tier side Greuther Furth as Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez impressed in a pre-season friendly.
Colombian winger Diaz scored the only goal of the game in the first half, but a barmy second half began when Furth levelled through Julian Green.
Nunez then scored twice for Liverpool, before Furth came back and edged 4-3 ahead with three goals in ten minutes — the first by Lukas Petkov and then a double from Armindo Sieb.
Mohamed Salah was on hand to equalise at the death, earning Liverpool a draw — a fair result.
Jurgen Klopp played a different XI for each half in Germany and Dom Smith was on hand to rate the Liverpool players…
Alisson — 6
Had nothing of note to do.
Conor Bradley — 6
Couple of nice passes. Fared well.
Virgil van Dijk — 5
Positioning was again questionable, but didn’t make any errors which were punished.
Ibrahima Konate — 6
Played well. Could be an important player for Liverpool this season.
Andy Robertson — 6
Was an attacking outlet at moments, but not to the extent Liverpool expect him to be this season.
Alexis Mac Allister — 7
One of the better performers. Looks right at home in Liverpool’s fluid final third.
Trent Alexander-Arnold — 6
Left little impression on the game.
Ben Doak — 7
Very confident play at moments, running at players and firing shots on goal.
Cody Gakpo — 6
Couple of nice touches. Played OK.
Luis Diaz — 8
Man of the match for Liverpool. Saw loads of the ball down the left, due to Furth’s high line. Scored the only goal of the first half with a lovely foray forward and whipped finish.
Diogo Jota — 6
Not as impactful as when he scored twice against Karlsruher last time out, but didn’t do anything wrong.
Substitutes
Adrian — 4
Not at fault for any of the goals, but it’s mildly embarrassing to concede four times to a second-tier side.
Joe Gomez — 5
Did OK. Was put in a poor position by his teammate for Furth’s opening goal.
Joel Matip — 3
Not a good display from the Cameroonian, who was caught on his toes and tackled by Petkov as Gruether Furth scored their second of the match.
Jarell Quansah — 5
Not at fault for the goals, but was part of a backline that played too high, inviting pressure.
Kostas Tsimikas — 6
Struggled to get into the game.
James McConnell — 7
Had a few decent runs and looked confident.
Harvey Elliott — 7
Ran into the channel well and got Liverpool moving up the pitch.
Curtis Jones — 6
Struggled to settle initially, but grew into the game after coming on in the second half.
Lewis Koumas — 7
Could become a really good player. Signs of that here.
Mohamed Salah — 8
Assisted both of Nunez’s goals, and then scored the equaliser late on.
A first of pre-season for @MoSalah ⚽ pic.twitter.com/q8LdfgBjiO
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 24, 2023
Darwin Nunez — 8
Scored twice in the second half, before turning provider for Mohamed Salah and assisting Liverpool’s fourth. He’s having a good pre-season.
Marcelo (Adrian, 75’) — N/A
Melkamu Frauendorf (Koumas 75’) — N/A
Bobby Clark (Elliott, 75’) — N/A
Calum Scanlon (Jones, 75’) — N/A
