SpVgg Greuther Furth 4-4 Liverpool (Jul 24, 2023) Game Analysis

A late Mohamed Salah aim spared Liverpool’s blushes in an thrilling 4-4 preseason draw in opposition to German aspect SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Bavaria on Monday.

The outcome capped a chaotic couple of days in south-east Germany for Jurgen Klopp’s aspect after new €70 million ($76.3m) million signing Dominik Szoboszlai suffered an ankle harm in coaching on the eve of the sport and a thunderstorm triggered kick-off to be delayed by quarter-hour. 

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A powerful-looking Liverpool aspect that included Alexis Mac Allister in midfield received themselves forward within the twenty second minute when Luis Diaz, who missed 31 video games with a knee harm final season, acquired the ball on the sting of the penalty space earlier than bursting previous two Greuther Fürth defenders and arrowing a shot past goalkeeper Jonas Urbig.

Klopp modified all 11 gamers on the interval however a goalkeeping error from Adrian gifted Greuther Furth an equaliser only a minute after the restart.

Two quickfire objectives from Nunez put Liverpool again in entrance earlier than a defensive collapse allowed Armando Sieb to attain twice in simply three minutes. 

Just because it appeared as if the second-tier German membership would full their unlikely comeback in opposition to the six occasions European Cup winners, Salah popped up on the again publish to nudge Nunez’ cross over the road to make sure the scores ended degree.