Liverpool close out pre-season with Deepdale victory over SV Darmstadt 98

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7th August 2023 Liverpool ended their pre-season preparations with a 3-1 victory over German outfit SV Darmstadt 98 at Deepdale Stadium on Monday night. Darmstadt, though, responded to reduce the deficit in quick fashion, with Mathias Honsak racing clear to find the bottom corner of Alisson Becker's goal.

As the game finally settled, both teams exchanged chances, first Christoph Zimmermann shot wide from inside the box, before Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo saw efforts saved from distance. Get your 2023-24 Liverpool FC kit at our online store Liverpool looked to add a third before the interval, though both Luis Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister saw further chances fall the wrong side of the post.

Szoboszlai's inswinging corner was met by the run of Diaz, with the winger producing a wonderful flick to find the back of the net and a third of the evening for the Reds. Both Nunez and Joe Gomez saw chances cleared off the line in the final exchanges, with neither team able to add further goals to the scoreline.