Barry Lewtas’s side fell behind to the visitors in the 40-minutes-each-way test but goals from Dominic Corness (penalty), Jake Cain, Leighton Clarkson, Luca Stephenson and an own goal saw the young Reds run out comfortable winners.
“It was a midweek game for those who maybe aren’t always playing regularly to get some minutes,” Lewtas told Liverpoolfc.com.
“It was also good for some of the other lads to get a run out after a tough weekend last weekend and dust ourselves down.
“The lads have trained really hard this week and it was good to get a game to get ourselves going again.