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Liverpool player ratings vs Greuther Furth: Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz hint at big season in front of goal

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.

Luis Diaz celebrates putting Liverpool ahead in their pre-season friendly 4-4 draw with Greuther Furth on Monday (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

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.

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

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