Rio Ngumoha, who only turns 17 at the end of the month, opened the scoring with a terrific solo effort and assisted Darwin Nunez to put the Reds two goals up inside five minutes.
Ben Doak netted the hosts’ third just prior to half-time and was joined on the scoresheet by Harvey Elliott later on, with Gorka Guruzeta netting a consolation.
Team
Alexis Mac Allister made his first start of Liverpool’s pre-season programme and Andy Robertson took the captain’s armband.
Liverpool: Woodman (Pecsi, 46), Nunez (Koumas, 80), Mac Allister (Lucky, 56), Jones (Laffey, 85), Elliott, Tsimikas, Robertson, Nyoni (Pilling, 67), Doak (Danns, 56), Ngumoha (Kone-Doherty, 67), Stephenson.
First half
Eighty-seven seconds were on the clock when Ngumoha was wheeling away celebrating his first goal at Anfield.
The speedster pounced on a free ball near the halfway line and turned on his jets by driving towards the Kop-end net. The intentful run ended with a curling finish into the bottom right corner, beating the full-stretch Alex Padilla.
