Liverpool boss Rodgers: James Milner class act

New recruit James Milner scored the victor as Liverpool recovered from an early goal down to beat Australia’s Brisbane Roar 2-1 in a pre-season game in Brisbane on Friday.

The game was blown wide open, however, on 17 minutes as 22-year-old Petratos was squared the ball on the edge of the box and he stepped to the penalty spot before firing an impressive finish past Simon Mignolet.

Young produced a superb stop to deny captain Jordan Henderson from close range shortly after the hour, before Brisbane substitute Devante Clut went close with a curling effort from 25 yards. You always want players like that in your squad, but as a player you want to play in your favourite position.

Liverpool are back in action on Monday morning as they entertain fellow A-League side Adelaide United hoping to maintain their 100% record in pre-season. Meninga also said he expects a jam-packed Suncorp Stadium with the same type of atmosphere it had during Queensland’s 52-6 Origin win over Blues in their series decider last week.

His performances so far in pre-season have earned much praise from supporters and the England worldwide is delighted to be part of it.

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Young made a string of strong saves and had plenty of reason to perform in his reunion with Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, who recruited him as a teenager into Reading’s academy. Sometimes when you’re such a great professional, you can get moved about; it’s an attribute that is good to have as a player.

A victory courtesy of goals from two midfielders is unlikely to dampen the desire of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers to secure the services of an out-and-out striker like reported target Christian Benteke.

“He has wonderful personality and is a top class footballer”.

“We had to work very hard to get him in but we will see over the course of the season how important he is for us. I think for us we really focus on the positives”, Rodgers said.