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Liverpool's Win in Helsinki a Pleasing Fitness Exercise Ahead of Premier League

With a week until Liverpool's first match of the new Premier League season, Brendan Rodgers will feel pleased after his side's comfortable 2-0 victory over HJK Helsinki on Saturday.

Bar some selection dilemmas still to be solved, the team that lined up against HJK Helsinki could prove to be the starting XI that faces Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday, 9 August, and Rodgers will have breathed a sigh of relief they all came through unhurt.

It's been a pre-season of many air miles for Liverpool, and with just days left to prepare for the new campaign, getting players up to match fitness will be top of Rodgers' priority list.