ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL // Liverpool beat Athletic Bilbao in its final friendly of the summer, with Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz giving fans an exciting glimpse of what they can produce in the final third.

New signings settle in

For Mamardashvili, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz and Ekitike, this was their first experience of playing at Anfield.

Florian Wirtz impressed for Liverpool in the pre-season friendly against Athletic Bilbao.



Hugo Ekitike stars

Ekitike is less of a known quantity than Wirtz and Kerkez.

Rio Ngumoha has clear Liverpool message as second ace sends Arne Slot reminder - 4 talking points	Liverpool-Bilbao double header: Three talking points	Liverpool new boys impress before Cody Gakpo steals the show vs Bilbao - 5 talking points

The comparisons to Darwin Nunez will be inevitable — he too was an expensive number nine — but Ekitike showed lots of things that the Uruguayan has been unable to at Anfield.

Signing a defender before the window closes on September 1, though, is surely still high on the to-do list.

Dominik Szoboszlai's new role

Dominik Szoboszlai is unlikely to win the battle to play number 10 this season given that Liverpool has spent so big on Wirtz