Darwin Nunez has the qualities to fill the iconic No 9 shirt and new boy Dominik Szoboszlai shows his ability... FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED from Liverpool's win over Karlsruher
Daily MailLiverpool's pre-season campaign kicked off on the banks of The Rhine, to a soundtrack of ear-splitting noise, with a riotous tussle against Karlsruher. Jurgen Klopp watched his side begin their pre-season fixtures with a 4-2 win over Karlsruher DARWIN'S EVOLUTION Only two minutes 36 seconds had elapsed when Darwin Nunez put Liverpool in front. Darwin Nunez opened the scoring for Liverpool in the third minute of the pre-season match The forward was criticised during his debut season but has the abilities to fill the No.9 shirt DOM'S PASS AND MOVE GROOVE Much excitement has accompanied the £60million arrival of Dominik Szoboszlai. New signing Dominik Szoboszlai will take time to settle but demonstrated his passing ability MATCH FACTS Karlsruher: Drewes; Jung, Franke, Bormuth, Heise; Rossman, Gondorf, Wanitzek; Stindl, Schleusener, Nebel Substitutes: Eisele, Weiss, Beifus, Burnic, Brosinski, Zivzivadze, Herold, Thiede, Marino, Arase, Souchard, Ersungur Goals: Stindl 38', Jung 48' Manager: Christian Eichner Liverpool: Kelleher, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Clark, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Salah, Nunez. Diogo Jota, centre, scored twice in stoppage time to secure the win for Liverpool in Germany The manner of Jota's goals and his assist for Cody Gakpo showed why Klopp rates him highly THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT It's tradition in pre-season for Klopp to give Academy graduates plenty of game time.