Two European giants will meet on the Singapore Nationwide Stadium for Liverpool’s ultimate abroad pleasant of the summer time.
The Reds cruised to a snug 4-0 victory over relegated Leicester within the first fixture of their Southeast Asia tour, however will face a major step up in school as they face a staff who’ve simply captured their tenth consecutive Bundesliga title.
Bayern Munich are a membership that Jurgen Klopp is aware of notably nicely, having been the final supervisor to interrupt the monopoly of German soccer by profitable back-to-back league titles with Borussia Dortmund in 2011 and 2012.
He fell to defeat towards Wednesday’s opposition 12 months later, within the Champions League ultimate at Wembley, however later acquired the higher of the German giants, as he guided Liverpool to a 3-1 victory on the Allianz Enviornment in 2019.
Let’s take a more in-depth have a look at the sport and among the key tales.
No reunion for Sadio
These hoping to see Sadio Mane face his former teammates shall be left dissatisfied, with the ahead set to turn into the newest high-profile identify to hitch the Saudi Professional League.
Thomas Tuchel conceded in his pre-match press convention that Mane didn’t attain his “full potential” at Bayern, and accepted that he was “damage” by the shortcomings.
Liverpool’s former No. 10 will be a part of ex-colleagues Jordan Henderson and Fabinho within the Center East and can sadly play no half in Wednesday’s pleasant, having departed Anfield 12 months in the past.
Forwards to maintain firing?
There could also be some defensive points to iron out, however there have been no scarcity of targets on the different finish for the Reds, up to now this summer time.
Liverpool have scored 12 of their first three pre-season fixtures, 4 of which have from Darwin Nunez in simply 135 minutes of soccer.
The supervisor shall be delighted with what he has seen going ahead, however will concurrently be hoping to copy the clear sheet his aspect earned towards Leicester.
Choice complications
Following the 4-4 draw with Greuther Furth, Klopp revealed that it could be the final time we might see wholesale adjustments at half time this pre-season.
This turned out to not be true, with all 10 outfield gamers making means for these on the bench, and Alisson changing Caoimhin Kelleher simply quarter-hour later.
With the beginning of the Premier League season quick approaching, will probably be fascinating to see if the majority of the minutes are devoted to those that will seemingly begin towards Chelsea, on August 13.
We’re anticipating a number of gamers to get not less than an hour of ‘minutes within the legs’.
Look out, too, for Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai beginning collectively.
Anticipated XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnod, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Jones, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Nunez, Jota
The way to watch
The sport will get underway at 12.30pm (BST), 7.30pm native time in Singapore.
You possibly can watch all the sport reside on LFCTV right here, or you’ll be able to observe the motion with us on This Is Anfield’s liveblog, out there on our web site shortly earlier than kick-off.
