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Theo Squires

Mohamed Salah handed 'new' Liverpool shirt number as Jurgen Klopp makes cold decision

Liverpool wasted no time in putting Tuesday’s heavy defeat to Manchester United behind them as they bounced back to clinch their first win of pre-season against Crystal Palace in Singapore on Friday.

Goals in each half from Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah were enough for the Reds to clinch a comfortable 2-0 win, however, Jurgen Klopp ’s side were dealt one blow after losing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to injury shortly before half-time. Later confirmed to be a hamstring injury, the injury sees the England international join Diogo Jota, Alisson Becker, Joe Gomez, Calvin Ramsay and Caoimhin Kelleher on the sidelines.

Changing his entire XI at half-time, Klopp used 32 players against the Eagles as victory saw Liverpool get their hands on the Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy. But you already knew that, of course. Away from the main action, here are some of the moments from the Reds’ second pre-season outing you might have missed…

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