Liverpool “Ready” To Produce Good Season Says Divock Origi

Liverpool will face HJK Helsinki in pre-season friendly match on Saturday at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

Bar a few fringe players (Lucas, Allen etc), the bulk of the first team have travelled to Helsinki, so it seems unusual that Sakho is not included in the squad, particularly when the club’s defence is such a priority. It is the flawless opportunity for us to get the season underway and put to bed horrendous result at the end of last season.

Rodgers says his young winger has impressed in preseason after scoring Liverpool’s only goal in a game in Malaysia.

“We won the silver medal so I have good memories and we have a lot of fans over there so it should be an interesting game as well”.

Look for HJK to try and do their best against what the best of England has to offer, but still try and keep themselves relatively healthy as their season continues. As a striker, it was very hard to play this team.

The negative game plan did not allow Liverpool to utilise Danny Ings, whose energetic movement and runs were unexploited by the slow pace of the game being played behind him. With the European Championship on the horizon, he needs to be playing week-in, week out, and that hasn’t really happened under Rodgers.

And the Belgium global made the most of his time on the pitch, firing in from close range with 17 minutes remaining to break the deadlock.

After struggling to make many inroads in the first half, the Reds began the second period brightly as Adam Lallana fizzed a 25-yard effort narrowly wide of the left-hand post. We’ve got as much work into the players as we possibly could.

“Of course he’s good in the air but he’s also very good on the floor and will add perfectly to what we have”.