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Greuther Furth vs Liverpool LIVE! Pre-season friendly result, match stream and latest updates today
Greuther Furth held Liverpool to a thrilling 4-4 draw in a pre-season friendly which featured seven goals in the second half.
The Reds concluded their pre-season training camp in Germany with the latter of two friendlies against second-tier opposition, but it was not like Wednesday’s 4-2 win over Karlsruher.
Darwin 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.
Greuther Furth vs Liverpool highlights
Four goals mask dodgy defending
Liverpool draw 4-4 in a thrilling friendly
Thanks for joining us!
15:41 , Marc Mayo
It finished 4-4 in the behind-closed-doors friendly between Liverpool and Greuther Furth on Monday afternoon.
Recap the action with our match report!
Player ratings
15:37 , Marc Mayo
Check out how Dom rated the Reds’ performers in Germany.
Hard to unpack that performance!
14:26 , Dom Smith
Difficult to know where to start with Liverpool there. They looked assured in the first half, but then conceded four in the second and were staring defeat in the face until Salah popped up with an 89th-minute equaliser. Jurgen Klopp will not be happy.
FULL-TIME
14:09 , Dom Smith
That’s it. Liverpool managed to get themselves back level two minutes before time, meaning they finish with a 4-4 draw against Greuther Furth. It was a shoddy second half from them, but valuable lessons will no doubt be learned after this.
88’ GOAL LIVERPOOL
14:08 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 4-4 Liverpool
The Reds get themselves back level to 4-4. Nunez breaks away down the left, is forced wide, but crosses for Salah to tap home.
78’ GOAL
13:56 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 4-3 Liverpool
Remarkable. Sieb has another and Liverpool are 4-3 down. Another belter from the 20-year-old. Liverpool defending nonexistent.
74’ GOAL
13:54 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 3-3 Liverpool
Liverpool now pegged back to 3-3, and frankly they deserve it. Armindo Sieb rifles into the top corner after a swift counter. What a goal.
67’ GOAL
13:48 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 2-3 Liverpool
It’s all been crazy in this second half, and Liverpool concede a really, really poor goal as Matip is caught on his toes and Lukas Petkov beats him to the ball to stab home. Good finish.
GOAL LIVERPOOL
13:39 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 1-3 Liverpool
It’s a bit of a free-for-all this second half, with Greuther playing a ridculously high line.
Salah plays Nunez in again, and the Uruguayan takes a defender out of the game by cutting onto his left foot, before calmly slotting away. 3-1.
50’ GOAL LIVERPOOL
13:32 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 1-2 Liverpool
Immediately, Liverpool put themselves back ahead when Mo Salah slides a lovely pass behind the defence and into the path for Darwin Nunez, who rounds the keeper and puts the ball away. What a response!
GOAL
13:30 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth are level less than two minutes after the break when Liverpool are caught dallying at the back and Julian Green steels in to convert. 1-1!
Back underway with a whole new team!
13:24 , Dom Smith
The second half has begun here, and it’s an entirely new Liverpool XI.
Liverpool second half XI: Adrian; Gomez, Matip, Quansah, Tsimikas; McConnell, Elliott, Jones, Koumas, Salah; Nunez
Half-time
13:07 , Dom Smith
Liverpool lead 1-0 at the break, through Luis Diaz’s excellent goal. He’s been the best player on the pitch.
38’ Liverpool so nearly double their lead
13:00 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-1 Liverpool
Furth looked to be settling into this match, but Jota then strikes the post as he so nearly doubles the lead. He beats the goalkeeper to the ball and from the angle, tries to clip the ball into the unguarded net. It scrapes the inside of the post but fails to nestle inside. Unlucky!
30’ CLOSE
12:51 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-1 Liverpool
Very close as Gakpo gets set up beautifully by Jota and then slams just over the bar via a slight deflection. Liverpool not letting up.
22’ GOAL LIVERPOOL
12:47 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-1 Liverpool
Luis Diaz puts Liverpool ahead with a lovely foray into the box, cutting onto his right foot and firing into the corner. Brilliant opener.
19’ Furth need to shore up
12:41 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-0 Liverpool
It’s certainly confident of Furth to take on Liverpool and keep to their three-at-the-back system, but it doesn’t appear to be helping the German side at present. The Reds are finding acres of space on the wings and you sense a goal may not be too far away.
15’ Doak forces a save
12:37 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-0 Liverpool
Luis Diaz having real joy down the left, but this time it’s Doak who fashions a chance from the right. Mac Allister finds the 17-year-old, who cuts inside and forces a low save which the goalkeeper would expect to make. Liverpool have started well.
6’ Big chance
12:30 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-0 Liverpool
Luis Diaz in full flow as he dribbles down the left channel, cuts in, and whips the ball towards the far corner, forcing a strong save from the goalkeeper. Positive start from the Colombian.
3’ Doak already causing problems
12:26 , Dom Smith
Greuther Furth 0-0 Liverpool
Early chance for Ben Doak, who looks lively already.
KICK OFF
12:22 , Dom Smith
We’re eventually underway here.
Kick-off minutes away
12:17 , Dom Smith
The players are walking onto the pitch in their kits now. Seconds away.
Klopp issues positive update on Szoboszlai injury
12:09 , Dom Smith
Klopp has given an update, explaining why Szoboszlai misses out on a second chance to represent the Reds today.
He said: “He rolled his ankle slightly in training, [it’s] really nothing. Everybody is super positive about it, himself first.
“If we would have today a Premier League game or whatever, he could play. So, we don't take a risk and we will see what we will do with the Leicester game after travel [and] stuff like this. But for the Bayern game he will be ready, definitely.”
Kick-off time pencilled in
12:00 , Dom Smith
Kick-off has tentatively been put in for 12:15pm, meaning we could be underway in just under 15 minutes. Thunder and rain has delayed the match, but the rain has stopped now.
Players out on the pitch
11:54 , Dom Smith
The players are now out on the pitch for their pre-match warm-up, meaning a kick-off relatively soon looks likely. There has been torrential rain ahead of the match but hopefully we’ll be underway shortly after 12:00pm.
Klopp pleased to be behind closed doors
11:43 , Dom Smith
Jurgen Klopp has previewed today’s match.
“The first thing you need is to build up resilience”, he said. “They play at Championship level in Germany — a decent level — so we have to make sure we deny them as well.
“What I like about the game today [being behind closed doors] is I can hear the coaching of the boys to themselves. I’m really curious about that because that’s super important.”
Kick-off DELAYED
11:31 , Dom Smith
Well, yesterday Tottenham and Leicester had their pre-season match in Bangkok cancelled due to torrential rain.
This one hasn’t been cancelled, but confirmation that Liverpool vs Greuther Furth has been given a “short delay to kick-off” due to weather conditions in Germany.
Changes expected after the break
11:09 , Dom Smith
Liverpool will come out of the dressing room for the second half with a totally new XI today.
Newly crowned England U21 European champions Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones will be in that second team, as will 17-year-old forward Lewis Koumas, son of former Tranmere Rovers star Jason Koumas.
Big opportunity for Mac Allister
11:00 , Dom Smith
Alexis Mac Allister made his Liverpool debut against Karlsruher, coming off the bench to assist Jota for Liverpool’s fourth goal, following his £35million move from Brighton & Hove Albion.
Today, though, he get the chance to play from the start. The 2022 World Cup winner is expected to fit right in at Anfield this season, and arrives after scoring 12 goals and registering three assists for Brighton last term.
Midfield duo miss out again
10:50 , Dom Smith
There is no Fabinho or Jordan Henderson again today, as both are poised to leave Liverpool for lucrative moves to the Saudi Pro League.
Fabinho could be off to Al-Ittihad, while Henderson has now completed his medical ahead of a mega move to Al-Ettifaq, who this summer hired Steven Gerrard — the man Henderson replaced as Liverpool captain — as manager.
All change!
Team news is out!
10:34 , Dom Smith
Liverpool have named Alexis Mac Allister in their starting lineup for the very first time, and 17-year-old Ben Doak also starts! As expected, new signing Dominik Szoboszlai misses out through injury.
Liverpool lineup: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Alexander-Arnold, Mac Allister, Gakpo; Doak, Diaz, Jota.
Subs: Adrian, Pitaluga, Gomez, Nunez, Salah, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Matip, Clark, Scanlon, McConnell, Koumas, Quansah, Frauendorf.
Will be interesting to see whether it is Doak or Gakpo who joins Alexander-Arnold and Mac Allister in midfield.
Last time out
10:17 , Dom Smith
It was better late than never last time out for Liverpool, when the Reds faced Karlsruher away from home on Wednesday.
They went ahead in the third minute through Darwin Nunez, but trailed shortly after the break thanks to goals by Lars Stindl and Sebastian Jung.
Jurgen Klopp’s side made 11 changes at the break, and while they took a while to kick into gear, they did eventually come good as Cody Gakpo equalised, before two goals in stoppage time by Diogo Jota won the match 4-2 for Liverpool at the last.
You can read our report of that match here!
Klopp’s message to Liverpool fans: Trust us
10:03 , George Flood
After some epic and tight tussles with Manchester City, almost snatching a quadruple and ending their 30-year wait for a Premier League title, things did not go at all to plan for Liverpool last term.
Despite a late-season renaissance, the Reds missed out on the top four and Champions League qualification altogether after a somewhat bizarre campaign, settling in the end for fifth and a return to the Europa League.
But Jurgen Klopp has called for fans to trust the club with a defiant new message for the naysayers as the new season draws close.
“Seven-and-a-half years ago… I said that we have to change from doubters to believers,” he told the We Are Liverpool podcast.
“I didn’t know [at] that time that this will kind of be a phrase of that period because we all change. So, I was not sure at that time and maybe I was a doubter in the beginning – but I became a massive believer.
“But, of course, the last years, nearly winning the quadruple but not doing it actually, and then having the season we had, that can create some doubt, I know that.
“Then people want to change – on one day they want to change the team on 12 positions and then the next day only one. And then we change and then it’s the wrong player, ‘No, no, not him’ and stuff like this.
“What I would like to ask for: trust us. We feel really responsible for what’s happening here and we will do absolutely everything to have a season, in the best possible understanding, we will never forget. That’s the plan.”
Greuther Furth vs Liverpool prediction
09:45 , George Flood
Liverpool were pretty goal-happy in their first friendly and they should provide plenty more entertainment in this latest outing against second-tier opposition.
Liverpool to win, 5-1.
Liverpool team news: Szoboszlai an injury doubt
09:44 , George Flood
Liverpool look set to be without new signing Dominik Szoboszlai this afternoon.
The £60million summer recruit from RB Leipzig made his first start in last week’s 4-2 win over Karlsruher, but is sitting out the final period of training in Germany after rolling his ankle.
Jurgen Klopp seems very unlikely to risk Szoboszlai today.
Midfielders Stefan Bajectic and Thiago Alcantara are closing in on their respective injury returns however, while Alisson Becker should be involved here.
However, Fabinho and Jordan Henderson are absent as they both prepare for high-profile transfers to Saudi Arabia.
Diogo Jota will be pushing to start after his late brace against Karlsruher, with Cody Gakpo potentially leading the line and Alexis Mac Allister hoping for a first start in red.
Joe Gomez could also come in, with Klopp potentially continuing his midfield experiment with Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Predicted Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Alexander-Arnold, Clark, Mac Allister; Salah, Gakpo, Jota
Where to watch Greuther Furth vs Liverpool
09:37 , George Flood
TV channel and live stream: Today’s friendly is officially behind closed doors, but will still be broadcast to fans live via Liverpool’s in-house official media channel LFC TV.
Welcome to Greuther Furth vs Liverpool live coverage!
09:33 , George Flood
Good morning and welcome to the Evening Standard’s latest live coverage of Liverpool’s pre-season campaign.
This afternoon the Reds round off their annual German training camp with a behind-closed-doors clash against second-tier side Greuther Furth.
Jurgen Klopp’s men needed a late brace from substitute Diogo Jota to see off the challenge of another 2. Bundesliga side in Karlsruher last week and Liverpool will be expected to produce a comfortable victory today before they head to Singapore for tougher challenges against the likes of Bayern Munich and Leicester, with that high-profile Premier League opener at Chelsea looming ever larger.
Kick-off today is at 12pm BST, so stay tuned for match build-up, all the latest team news and live in-game updates from Standard Sport.
