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Jürgen Klopp assesses Liverpool's opening pre-season friendlies

Jürgen Klopp declared himself satisfied after Liverpool began their programme of pre-season friendlies by drawing 1-1 with Wacker Innsbruck and Stuttgart.

The Reds played two games each lasting 30 minutes back-to-back in Austria on Tuesday evening, with Divock Origi – from the penalty spot – and Sadio Mane getting the goals.

Post-match, Klopp spoke to Liverpoolfc.com. Read on for a full transcript...

On his assessment of the two matches…

It was a workout and it was good. Physically it was all that we wanted to see, we had to do it and it was an important test for that.