Liverpool have their final tune-up before the first competitive fixtures of the coming season as the Reds host Athletic Club for a pair of back-to-back friendlies at Anfield on Monday.

The two clubs will play consecutive fixtures just an hour apart, allowing as many players as possible to gain valuable minutes before the campaign begins.

The match comes less than a week before Liverpool’s first official match of the season, where the defending Premier League champions will meet FA Cup winners Crystal Palace in the annual Community Shield at Wembley next Sunday.

Athletic Club, meanwhile, have one more friendly before they begin their campaign. Ernesto Valverde’s side take on Arsenal this weekend.

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Liverpool vs. Athletic Club live score

First match

  Score (2H) Goal scorers
Liverpool 4 Ngumoha (2′),
Nunez (5′),
Doak (42′),
Elliott (58′)
Athletic Club 0 –

Starting lineups:

Liverpool (4-3-3, right to left): 28. Woodman (GK — Pesci, 46′) —91. Stephenson, 26. Robertson, 42. Nyoni (Pilling, 67′), 21. Tsimikas  — 10. Mac Allister (Lucky, 56′), 19. Elliott, 17. Jones — 50. Doak (Danns, 56′), 9. Nunez, 73. Ngumoha (Kone-Doherty, 67′).

Athletic Club (4-2-3-1, right to left): 13. Padilla (GK) — 2. Gorosabel, 6. Vesga, 4. De Luis, 15. Lekue — 24. Prados (Navarro, 13′), 30. Rego — 7. Berenguer, 20. U. Gomez, 33. Serrano — 12. Guruzeta.

Second match

  Score Goal scorers
Liverpool – –
Athletic Club – –

Starting lineups (predicted):

Liverpool (4-2-3-1, right to left): Mamardashvili (GK) — Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez — Szoboszlai, Gravenberch — Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo — Ekitike.

Athletic Club (4-2-3-1, right to left): Simon (GK) — Rincon, Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche — Ruiz de Galarreta, Jauregizar — I. Williams, Sancet, N.Williams — Sannadi.

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Liverpool vs. Athletic Club goals, highlights from first friendly

58th min: GOAL! LIVERPOOL! Harvey Elliott is the latest Liverpool player to find the back of the net as Athletic Club are once again carved to pieces! A great vertical ball from Kostas Tsimikas up towards Darwin Nunez unlocks the back line, and with his back to goal he squares it for Elliott who’s somehow completely unmarked 10 yards from goal, producing a great finish!

It was Elliott’s defender who stepped up to challenge Nunez, who himself had snuck by his mark, and nobody filled the vacancy behind! Athletic Club have been absolutely shambolic at the back in this first of two games.

56th min: Here come the first of likely many substitutions. Alexis Mac Allister is the first off for Liverpool, as Ben Doak is also withdrawn. On to replace them are Jayden Danns and Wellity Lucky.

A bit later, Rio Ngumoha exits to an Anfield ovation, replaced by Kone-Doherty. Alongside him Toni Nyoni goes off, maybe struggling with a bit of a muscle issue, replaced by Tommy Pilling.

2nd half kickoff: The players are back out for the second half. There are no changes for Athletic Club, whose only substitution so far remains the early injury replacement for Benat Prados, with Robert Navarro coming on to replace him. There is one for Liverpool, as Armin Pesci comes on to replace Freddie Woodman in goal.

Expect a flurry of alterations after the hour mark, but as players ramp up to 90-minute fitness, they are now tasked with performing past a 45-minute level.

HALFTIME: Liverpool 3-0 Athletic Club

The Reds completely dominated the first 45 minutes of this opening friendly, with Rio Ngumoha and Ben Doak the headline standouts. Darwin Nunez scored his fifth goal of the preseason, which is notable as he looks to secure a move away or push his way into a crowded Liverpool attacking lineup.

Athletic had a few chances, hitting the crossbar early in the half and having a few other big attacking moves cut down at the last moment. At the back, however, they were woeful, allowing the Liverpool wingers to dribble at will, almost fearful of challenging them on the ball.

42nd min: GOAL! LIVERPOOL! Ben Doak has a third for the Reds, who have dominated this first half! He takes it himself from outside the penalty area, driving vertically down the right edge of the six-yard box and scoring from an incredibly tight angle, sneaking the ball in off the palm of the goalkeeper who should have done better!

35th min: Chance, Athletic! An absolutely FANTASTIC defensive intervention by Trey Nyoni at the back post to prevent an Athletic Club goal! A second consecutive Athletic corner is swung into the mixer, where it’s headed on a platter at the far post for a crashing forward. But there is Nyoni, who got to the ball before the attacker or the goalkeeper, and swipes it away with his foot! WHAT a play!

20th min: The match is momentarily paused for a minute’s applause in honor of former Liverpool striker Diogo Jota, who wore No. 20 and passed away this summer in a car wreck. A wonderful tribute at Anfield for a beloved player and person.

5th min: GOAL! LIVERPOOL! It’s all too easy for Darwin Nunez who taps the ball into the net from right on the line, and Liverpool are 2-0 up in a flash! It comes on the back of a great move, with a cross by Ben Doak to the head of Rio Ngumoha who places it right at Nunez’s feet for the near-post touch!

2nd min: GOAL! LIVERPOOL! It’s a wonderful solo goal to start things off, with a wonderful run and finish from young winger Rio Ngumoha! The 16-year-old meanders through midfield, advancing the ball into the attacking third, and with nobody from Athletic Club stepping forward to challenge, he goes for goal himself from about 18 yards out and tucks it inside the post!

Kickoff: The first match is under way as these two clubs look to advance closer to the start of their seasons!

1 hour to kickoff: Lineups are in, and both sides have largely gone with a second-choice setup for the first match, likely leaving the first-choice players for the second game.

Starting for Liverpool up front is Darwin Nunez, who is the subject of significant transfer speculation. It’s unlikely that Arne Slot risks him for too long ahead of what could be a big-money move for the Uruguayan, which Liverpool will not want to see scuppered by a potential injury.

Liverpool vs. Athletic Club lineups, team news

Hugo Ekitike made an underwhelming Liverpool debut against Yokohama F. Marinos and will be keen to impress, especially with the club’s ambitions to sign Alexander Isak having hit an impasse.

Alisson left the Asian tour early due to personal reasons and might not return from Brazil in time to feature.

Alexis Mac Allister came through his return from injury unscathed last time out and should feature again. Federico Chiesa is back following his latest muscular injury, but it remains to be seen how much action the Italy winger, Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott or Tyler Morton are granted with their futures up in the air.

Joe Gomez remains sidelined, leaving Slot light at centre-back.

Liverpool 1st starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Woodman (GK) —Stephenson, Robertson, Nyoni, Tsimikas  — Mac Allister, Elliott, Jones — Doak, Nunez, Ngumoha.

Liverpool 2nd predicted lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Mamardashvili (GK) — Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez — Szoboszlai, Gravenberch — Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo — Ekitike.

Athletic suffered a pair of defensive injuries against Racing Santander last time out and Valverde must run the rule over Aitor Paredes and Unai Egiluz.

Part of the reason that Bayern Munich swooped to buy Luis Diaz from Liverpool was Athletic’s success in keeping hold of their star winger Nico Williams, who is poised to feature on Merseyside.

Athletic Club 1st starting lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Padilla (GK) — Gorosabel, Vesga, De Luis, Lekue — Prados, Rego — Berenguer, U. Gomez, Serrano — Guruzeta.

Athletic Club 2nd predicted lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Simon (GK) — Rincon, Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche — Ruiz de Galarreta, Jauregizar — I. Williams, Sancet, N.Williams — Sannadi.

Liverpool vs. Athletic Club live stream, TV channel

Here’s how to watch these friendly matches across selected areas of the world’s major regions:

Region TV Streaming
USA — DAZN
Canada — DAZN
UK LFCTV LFCTV
Australia — beIN Sport Connect
India — —
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