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Jul 20, 2025, 11:29 AM ET
Darwin Núñez scored 3 goals successful 14 first-half minutes for Liverpool arsenic they bushed Stoke City 5-0 successful a behind-closed-doors affable connected Sunday.
Núñez, who has been linked with a determination distant from Anfield this summer, had Liverpool 3-0 up wrong 20 minutes of footwear off.
Rio Ngumoha and Federico Chiesa besides scored arsenic Arne Slot's broadside impressed successful the crippled astatine Liverpool's AXA Training Centre.
Florian Wirtz, who joined Liverpool successful a club-record transportation from Bayer Leverkusen earlier this summer, featured successful a beardown first-half XI that besides included Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool made 10 changes astatine the interruption with Ibrahima Konaté, Cody Gakpo, Kostas Tsimikas, and Ryan Gravenberch featuring arsenic good arsenic caller signings Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong.
Alisson Becker didn't diagnostic for Liverpool with Giorgi Mamardashvili starting successful extremity earlier being replaced by Ármin Pécsi soon earlier the hr mark.
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Meanwhile, sources told ESPN that Liverpool are yet to scope an statement with Frankfurt regarding the transportation of Hugo Ekitike. The clubs stay successful talks astir a determination that would spot Liverpool fortify their attacking options.
Another Liverpool target, Alexander Isak, missed Newcastle United's 4-0 preseason decision to Celtic connected Saturday with manager Eddie Howe saying his lack was owed to speculation astir his future. However, Howe besides expressed assurance that Isak would stay astatine Newcastle amid involvement from Liverpool.
Liverpool first-half team: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Van Dijk, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Salah, Jones, Robertson, Wirtz, Ngumoha, Nyoni.
Liverpool second-half team: Mamardashvili (Pecsi, 59), Endo, Konate, Chiesa, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Doak (Stephenson, 74), Kerkez, Frimpong, Bradley.
Information from ESPN's Mark Ogden contributed to this report.
