Liverpool’s player ratings vs Como as Jeremy Jacquet steals the show in eye-catching debut

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Liverpool rounded off their pre-season with a confidence-boosting 2-0 win over Como at Anfield on Sunday, with Jeremy Jacquet and Ronald Araujo both making impressive debuts.Jacquet was the better of the two, delivering a top-class defensive performance and grabbing himself a goal to boot.But Araujo came in strong in the second-half to ensure the win for Liverpool, with a number of players likely confirming their place in Andoni Iraola’s XI for next weekend’s Premier League opener with Newcastle. Remember, the Reds have a buy option of around £47m… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool DefenceAlisson Becker: 7 – Made one important stop low to his right to stop a ball sneaking in at the near post, and was otherwise fairly untested, but did the work he needed to do.Jeremie Frimpong: 7 – A much better performance from Frimpong who lofted in a perfect ball for Cody Gakpo to open the scoring.

Jeremy Jacquet: 8 (Man of the Match) – Grew into the game and showed off some excellent one-on-one defending, executing two perfectly timed slide tackles within minutes of each other. Some slightly loose moments on the ball, but this was a very, very good debut which had Anfield singing his name and was topped off by a tap-in finish just before the Frenchman was withdrawn at halftime.READ MORE: Liverpool fans blown away by Jeremy Jacquet during goal-scoring Reds debut vs ComoPhoto by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty ImagesVirgil van Dijk: 7 – Visibly encouraged and coached Jacquet through the game before turning provider with a clever pre-assist for his centre-back partner’s goal.

What has been your main takeaway from Liverpool’s pre-season under Andoni Iraola? Scored with a really well-taken finish on his left foot shortly after and then laid on a perfect ball across the box for Jacquet to score on his debut.