Impressive Liverpool beat Sunderland in Iraola's first game in charge
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Andoni Iraola won his first match in charge of Liverpool as his new side produced an impressive display to beat Sunderland 4-2 in their opening game of their summer tour of the US.Iraola, who replaced Arne Slot at Anfield in June, will have be delighted with some of the football Liverpool produced in the Nashville heat, especially a fine team move that produced the opening goal for young midfielder Kieran Morrison after 13 minutes. As it happened | Teams | StatsTransfer Centre LIVE! | Liverpool latest | Sunderland latest đŸ”´Premier League pre-season: Fixtures and resultsSky to show at least 215 live 2026/27 Premier League gamesThe Basque, like his opposite number Regis le Bris, rung the changes after the first half, with Liverpool improving after half-time to turn around a 2-1 deficit thanks to a characteristic Dominik Szoboszlai piledriver, followed by further strikes from fellow substitutes Federico Chiesa and Lewis Koumas.
Sunderland have turned this one around to now lead after Frimpong lost possession in a bad area, with the ball then slipped through for Tuterov, with the half-time sub finishing confidently.56: GOAL! It is now raining goals as Szoboszlai hits an absolute worldie to bring Liverpool level after an excellent break down the left involving Koumas and Kerkez and after Sunderland only half clear the danger, the Hungary midfielder lashes home an unstoppable volley from the left edge of the box.72: GOAL!
Liverpool score another excellent goal to surely wrap this game up as Sunderland initially give the ball away and Szoboszlai finds Koumas in the box and the sub does well to find the net with a confident finish.Lots of positives for Iraola to takeSky Sports' Rich Morgan:Lots of positives for Iraola to take from his first match in charge of Liverpool, starting obviously with the win, although this being preseason in many ways it was the performance of his players and how well they gelled at times that will have most pleased the new Reds boss. Image: Joe Gomez was substituted early on with an injury Liverpool scored some eye-catching goals, the team got better as the game wore on, despite the heat in Nashville, and all 22 players used with be better for this first competitive runout of preseason.The only negative, though, was another injury picked up by long-serving defender Gomez who was forced off early on with what looked like a muscle twinge.Liverpool's pre-season fixtures July 30: Liverpool vs Wrexham - New York, 12.30amAugust 2: Liverpool vs Leeds - Chicago, 9pmAugust 9: Liverpool vs Monaco - Anfield, 2.30pmAugust 16: Liverpool vs Como - Anfield, 6pmSunderland's pre-season fixtures July 31: Sunderland vs Leeds - New Jersey, 12.30amAugust 2: Sunderland vs Wrexham - Philadelphia, 6pmAugust 8: Lens vs Sunderland - Lens training ground (behind closed doors), 11amAugust 8: Lens vs Sunderland - Stade Bollaert-Delelis, 4pmAugust 15: Sunderland vs Rennes - Stadium of Light, 3pm