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Match report: Liverpool beat Mainz in pre-season friendly

Liverpool beat FSV Mainz 1-0 in Friday’s pre-season friendly in Austria.

A late own goal by Luca Kilian, who inadvertently diverted Owen Beck’s cross past his goalkeeper, saw the Reds claim victory in the first 90-minute game of their summer programme.

A first-half team featuring the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Milner, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah was replaced by a more youthful XI captained by Divock Origi for the second period as Jürgen Klopp sought to provide his squad with match minutes.

Liverpool enjoyed the majority of the early possession in front of 3,500 fans at Grodig’s Untersberg-Arena and a low, cross-field pass fizzed into Salah by Alexander-Arnold fashioned an opening for the No.