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Giorgi Mamardashvili, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike made up version 1.0 of 2025/25 Liverpool.

What early assessments were there.

Conor Bradley looks set to play an important role from right-back this season.



From one lung-busting Bradley run forward, Yokohama netted their only goal of the game.

Caught high up the pitch and out of position at the start of the second half, Bradley left Liverpool exposed

Konate was forced to push into a right-back role, leaving a gap at the heart of defense, which Yokohama punished

Slot has to manage the change at right-back this season

Kerkez had to sprint across to the far flank to try and close down a cross in the first period, which was eventually met by Dean David and forced Mamardashvili into a low, full-length sprawl.

Even Slot referenced post-match that he was disappointed with how often the team were exploited on the counter-attack.

“What I also saw in the goal we conceded and in the first half, the big chance we conceded was that we had to work harder in those moments to sprint back than we did,” said the Liverpool head coach.

It wasn’t a direct reference to Bradley - Konate’s recovery runs were also lacking at times against Yokohama - but it’s a message Liverpool’s right-back should heed.

After all, he still faces competition in the form of Jeremie Frimpong, who looked lively after coming on in Tokyo