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Liverpool Make Light Work Of Sydney FC In Australia Visit
Topic Started: May 24 2017, 01:11 PM (142 Views)
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The Guardian: Liverpool make light work of Sydney FC on whistle-stop trip to Australia

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For Liverpool it was meant to be a celebration of the season just finished; for Sydney FC, a club also with good cause for celebration after their title-winning campaign, it was a chance to prove themselves against a grand old European club – albeit one that was tired, jet-lagged and understrength.

At the end of a predictably pedestrian close-season match in the harbour city, it was the visitors who most fulfilled their pre-match aspirations in a comfortable 3-0 win, much to the delight of the heavily pro-Liverpool crowd, after goals by Daniel Sturridge, Alberto Moreno and Roberto Firmino set up the mother of all smash and grabs.

Liverpool will turn round their post-season trip to Australia in devastatingly quick, and possibly unprecedented, fashion: in not much longer than it takes to say “veni, vidi, vici”, Liverpool came on Wednesday morning, saw the Opera House, signed some autographs in the afternoon, and conquered Sydney in the evening. Having secured their place in next season’s Champions League just on Sunday, Jürgen Klopp’s side will return to Liverpool on Thursday evening, having made their mark on Australia once again in just 36 hours – and banked a presumably sizeable cheque for their efforts.

“That was the most intense away game I’ve ever had,” said Klopp. “I’ve no idea how the players did it. Obviously they’ve enjoyed it.” When asked what the players’ response was on being told they were expected to travel to the other side of the world at the end of a long, hard campaign, Klopp added: “Because I’m the boss, they were not too critical but I could see in their eyes they would have done different things.”

Few in the crowd were here to watch the A-League champions, who had to settle for the role of bridesmaids, two weeks after they were headlining in their grand final win over Melbourne Victory. Make no mistake, this was a night all about Liverpool, from the rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone and the massive club badge in the centre circle before the game to the rousing reception given to veteran call-ups Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher on their substitution moments into the second half. That pair were replaced by Steve McManaman and Daniel Agger, a sepia-tinged change that only added to the festival atmosphere.

The massed ranks in the stands at ANZ Stadium – some 72,892 of them – wore red almost as one; they were entirely united in standing together before kick-off as both sides paused for reflection with their heads bowed to pay tribute to the victims of the Manchester Arena attack, half a world away but still keenly felt here.

Missing stars Philippe Coutinho and Emre Can, who didn’t make the trip, and with James Milner, Nathanial Clyne and Georginio Wijnaldum not named in the squad, Liverpool fielded just three of their 11 starters who beat Middlesbrough in the Premier League on Sunday – Dejan Lovren, Firmino and Sturridge.
-Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/24/liverpool-make-light-work-of-sydney-fc-on-whistle-stop-trip-to-australia
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