Origi, Firmino score as Liverpool tops Milan in ICC friendly

Origi opened the scoring in the 59th minute off an assist from Alberto Moreno.

Liverpool foreshadowed its second-half toxicity, almost breaking a scoreless deadlock in the 41st minute.

Forward Daniel Sturridge will be the focus this coming season, but Liverpool fans also will be watching the development of Belgian Divock Origi.

A sliding Roberto Firmino upped the margin to 2-0 as he sneaked the ball into the far post off a deflected shot by Sheyi Ojo, a product of the Liverpool Academy.

Sturridge found the back of the net on 13 occasions last season despite some injury problems, but now fully fit he has promised more goals in the years to come.

With just three pre-season games remaining over the next eight days before Liverpool begin their preparations for their opening Premier League clash away at Arsenal on August 14, Klopp believes his side are progressing well. We enjoyed the game and we won so I’m very happy about it.

For AC Milan, Riccardo Montolivo, Luiz Adriano, Suso and Alessio Romagnoli are among the starters tonight for the Italian Serie A side.

But, some 45 minutes later, the German was beaming and Origi clutching a memento for being named Man of the Match as Liverpool comfortably beat a Milan team who are no longer a force to be reckoned with.

Seventeen-year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold started at right-back and James Milner was played in an unfamiliar left-back role, but the Liverpool defence was not tested in a first half devoid of clear chances.

And when, in the 41st minute, Phillippe Coutinho finally produced a quality ball into the path of Mane, the Senegal global shot straight at the body of Gabriel when clean through on goal.

Domination but 0-0 at half time. “But then we scored some wonderful goals and had more chances”.

De Sciglio plays predominantly as a right-back and would face competition from England defender Nathaniel Clyne for a starting place in Klopp’s side.

Rather, he hailed “the way we played and the style of play” as well as “the dominance we had and the passing situations we had”.

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp told reporters ahead of the game that “we want to give as many players as possible match time and we want to be competitive in this game of course”.

“The teams are really strong so that’s always a challenge for us, but we have to respect in the first case our training in this moment.”