Liverpool concluded their pre-season tour of the United States in style, producing a commanding 3-0 win over rivals Manchester United in South Carolina. (More Football News)
Fabio Carvalho and Curtis Jo൩nes gave Arne Slot's side a two-goal advantage at the br𓄧eak, with Kostas Tsimikas sealing the triumph just after the hour mark.
Erik ten Hag will have work to do ahead of their Community Shield fixture with Manchester Ci𓆏ty next week, hav꧑ing won just twice from their five pre-season encounters.
Liverpool t💧ook control of the contest early on, with their dominance rewarded in thꦐe 10th minute when Carvalho found the net with a low left-footed finish inside the area.
The Reds continued to create chances and were given their r♌ewards nine minutes before the break as Mohamed Salah teed up Jones for a simple finish.
Slot's side confirmed three wins from their three games Stateside in impressive fashion as a free-flowing move saw ✃Diogo Jota sting the palms of Andre Onana, only for the rebound to fall kindly for Tsimikas who finished on the line.
Data Debrief: Slot ball too good for United
Despite United dominating much of the ꦚattacking statistics, Liverpool neve𒈔r looked tested as Slot continued to stamp his style of play on his new squad.
Tsimikas was a particular standout for the Reds, registering the most shots (two), most shots on target (two) and equal most touches 🌜in the opposition box (th🦋ree).
For Ten Hag, the absꦺence of Rasmus Hojlund and new signing Joshua Zirkzee proved pivotal as they were wasteful in front of goal. U𝄹nited underperformed their expected goals (xG) by 1.45, with only eight of their 18 shots on target.
