Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk and Arne Slot favorite Cody Gakpo both featured for the opening 45 minutes in a disappointing 1-1 draw with Eindhoven, as the Dutch played with 10 men following a twelfth minute yellow card. Jeremie Frimpong came on for the second half, but was taken off mere minutes later — there was no evidence of an injury but the substitution was certainly a question mark. Ryan Gravenberch did not feature in the friendly.
Liverpool vice captain Andy Robertson scouted out Everton’s
Hill Dickinson stadium in a friendly loss to Ivory Coast, who narrowly beat Scotland 1-0. Robertson played the full match, and was one of Scotland’s better performers.
Hungary drew 0-0 in another friendly, with both Miloš Kerkez and Dominik Szoboszlai playing for the full 90 minutes against Greece in Budapest. Kostas Tsimikas, who is still on Liverpool’s books while away on loan, played against Liverpool’s current left back.
At the youth level both Rio Ngumoha and Trey Nyoni featured in England U19’s first qualifying match ahead of the U19 Euros, beating Portugal 6-0. Given the glut of goals, Ngumoha will be gutted not to find himself on the scoresheet.
