Liverpool suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in their fifth friendly of pre-season, but fans were largely positive despite the result.
Liverpool 1-3 Borussia Dortmund
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte
Pre-Season Friendly (5)
Goals: Van Dijk 25′; Pulisic (pen) 66′, 88′, Larsen 90+3′
The Reds faced their first game of their US tour in the International Champions Cup, and for a long time it looked as though a win would be recorded.
Virgil van Dijk‘s first-half header gave Jurgen Klopp‘s men a deserved lead, only for Christian Pulisic to equalise from the penalty spot after the break.
The Liverpool-linked American then fired Dortmund into a late lead, before Jacob Bruun Larsen added a third after a Loris Karius error.
Here’s how Reds supporters reacted to the result on social media and our forums.
There was frustration about the way the match unfolded, but also plenty of more measured responses…
Good run out against a side that's been in the States longer and who have most of their first team playing. We should have taken our chances tbqhwy but there's loads of positives when we go forward. Karius needs to be loaned out or sold, he's never coming back. Keita was great
— LFCZA ?? (@LFCZA) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/LFCStanleyHouse/status/1021153791419219969
“From our side, this second half is disappointing, especially after that imaginary penalty given by the ref. We somehow fell apart.
“It’s only pre-season and the result has no importance, but it’s not a nice thing to see how the team falls apart defensively when the going gets a bit tough and the opposing team starts to play a bit of good and fast football.”
– Hope in your heart on the forums.
Liverpool weren’t even terrible. Ah well, on we go
— John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) July 22, 2018
Van Dijk, Robertson, Jones, Naby our better players this game. A few more miles in the legs now. Time for more players to get 60mins+ in next games and hope to see Mo & Sadio soon.
— Red (@TaintlessRed) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/1021157378937454593
Unsurprisingly, Karius was again under the spotlight, as his Kyiv hangover shows no sign of easing…
The absolute definition of a broken man.
— Ian Ryan (@Ian1892T) July 22, 2018
He’s completely and utterly broken. Sad.
— Phil Blundell (@PhilBlundell) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/HenryJackson87/status/1021151934110216192
“Karius looks absolutely gone.”
– jackh1092 on the forums.
I think it’s actually a bit unfair playing Karius now. I’d taking him completely out of the firing line. He’s so obviously not mentally right. He’s never as bad as this pre season. #LFC #Karius
— Graeme Kelly (@GraemeKelly1) July 22, 2018
Unexpected conclusion to the game but no question the third goal is an error from Loris Karius; Sadio Mane has just put an arm around him to offer support as squad walk around the pitch ?
— Dominic King (@DominicKing_DM) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/1021153224336830471
On a more positive note, Naby Keita again looked a class act during his second-half appearance…
Keita is some player! Just doesn’t stop! Love him already! Will be massively important this season
— John Arne Riise (@JARiiseOfficial) July 22, 2018
I think Naby Keita might be the definition of the flame emoji.
— Glenn Price (@GlennPrice94) July 22, 2018
Naby Keita makes my toes curl.
— The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) July 22, 2018
I was so impressed with how quickly Ox learned Klopp’s pressing structure from the midfield, but Keita seems damn near fluent after four halves of preseason football. My lord, what a player…
— El Mans (@el_mansfield) July 22, 2018
Have to say Naby Keita impressing me on many levels here ?
— Darren Farley (@DFImpressionist) July 22, 2018
I can see everyone is absolutely losing it over Naby Keïta. We did tell you…
— Hamzah Khalique-Loonat (@HKhaliqueLoonat) July 22, 2018
Fan Comments