Liverpool won a pair of friendlies — 4-1 and 3-2 — against Athletic Bilbao on Monday.
The club has now released its typical "Behind the Scenes" tunnel footage of both games, which featured a pair of Liverpool debutants: striker Hugo Ekitike and goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.
The Egyptian slotted home into the Bilbao net to earn the French forward his first preseason goal contribution for the club — his Reds teammates rushed to congratulate him after the finish
Unai Simon, a Spanish international and the team's starting goalkeeper, smiled when he saw the Liverpool player emerge in the tunnel before the goalies entered the pitch together.
Longtime Bilbao forward Inaki Williams made sure to pat Mamardashvili (the only player he approached) while the two teams lined up before the match.
Longtime Bilbao forward Inaki Williams greets Mamardashvili in the tunnel
After the contest, Mamardashvili was captured having a lengthy conversation with a member of the Bilbao staff as the pair entered the tunnel together.
Nine of Mamardashvili's 134 appearances for Valencia came against Athletic Club: in them, he kept two clean sheets and recorded just a solitary victory..The Georgian's record in La Liga was much better: he kept 36 clean sheets across 127 matches
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