Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Andoni Iraola wins first game thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai

Liverpool marked the opening of the Andoni Iraola epoch with a 4-2 triumph over Premier League rivals Sunderland successful a pre-season affable astatine Nashville's GEODIS Park.

The Reds opened the scoring done 19-year-old Kieran Morrison, who produced a large decorativeness from the close flank, curling into the bottom-left country successful a mode reminiscent of Mohamed Salah.

However, Regis Le Bris's broadside levelled the crippled by taking vantage of a mistake successful the Liverpool's midfield, breaking rapidly earlier Enzo Le Fee rifled a screamer into the top-right corner.

Both teams made a full big of changes astatine fractional time, and substitute Timur Tutierov enactment Sunderland successful beforehand soon aft the interval from adjacent scope pursuing a gaffe from Jeremie Frimpong.

From that point, Liverpool grew into the game, and yet took complaint erstwhile Dominik Szoboszlai - acting skipper connected the evening - scored a fantastic half-volley to equalise.

Federico Chiesa restored the Reds' pb astir 15 minutes aboriginal aft being played done by Calvin Ramsay, earlier Lewis Koumas sealed the triumph with a precocious fourth, assisted by Szoboszlai.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Results are hardly important during pre-season, but Liverpool volition anticipation that winning 4-2 successful Iraola's inaugural lucifer arsenic brag volition beryllium a affirmative trivia reply astatine immoderate constituent successful the future.

The caller brag was capable to instrumentality a look astatine immoderate of the Merseysiders' promising youngsters, and would person been impressed by Morrison and Koumas successful particular.

The lone antagonistic connected the nighttime was the wounded to Joe Gomez, thing that volition permission fans acrophobic astir the club's centre-back depth.

Jeremie Jacquet was rested arsenic a precaution, portion the lone different elder options astatine centre-half are 35-year-old Virgil van Dijk and 19-year-old Giovanni Leoni, who is recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

As for Sunderland, they started the affable with the much elder XI, and made 9 subs astatine fractional time, giving Le Bris the accidental to analyse his squad successful detail.

The Black Cats manager volition person enjoyed the show of 21-year-old Timur Tutierov, who spent clip connected indebtedness astatine Exeter City past season, and took his extremity good conscionable moments aft fractional time.

LIVERPOOL VS. SUNDERLAND HIGHLIGHTS

Kieran Morrison extremity vs. Sunderland (13th min, Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland)

A astute decorativeness from Kieran ?

James McConnell works the shot from heavy done to Ngumoha, who finds Harvey Elliott, and the versatile 23-year-old picks retired Morrison connected the close flank.

The youngster cuts wrong and finds the bottom-left country with a cleanable decorativeness crossed the goalkeeper to unfastened the scoring.

Enzo Le Fee extremity vs. Liverpool (28th min, Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland)

Goals don't travel overmuch amended than this ?? pic.twitter.com/TPLWLNMUJE

McConnell loses the shot successful the centre of the park, and Sunderland interruption rapidly done the mediate of the pitch.

Liverpool's inexperienced centre-backs driblet off, leaving Le Fee successful acres of abstraction to find the top-right corner, giving Mamardashvili nary chance.

Timur Tutierov extremity vs. Liverpool (49th min, Liverpool 1-2 Sunderland)

The walk from Jaydon Jones, the decorativeness from Timur Tutierov ?? pic.twitter.com/7uLWh22I61

Frimpong stumbles successful the right-back position, giving the shot distant to Sunderland, who enactment the play to the borderline of the box.

Tutierov finds abstraction betwixt Liverpool's inexperienced centre-backs, earlier turning and finishing debased to springiness the Black Cats the lead!

Dominik Szoboszlai extremity vs. Sunderland (56th min, Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland)

Szobo backmost with a bang ? pic.twitter.com/TWuP1t6g2r

Liverpool bask a sustained play of unit aft going behind, and yet find the breakthrough to gully level.

Sunderland wide a cross, but lone arsenic acold arsenic Szoboszlai conscionable extracurricular the area, and the Hungary midfielder controls the shot connected his thorax earlier lashing a volley successful by the left-hand post.

Federico Chiesa extremity vs. Sunderland (72nd min, Liverpool 3-2 Sunderland)

A astute decorativeness from Fede ??? pic.twitter.com/cmLPulpSwm

Sixteen-year-old Josh Abe carries the shot towards the right-hand touchline, but passes it backmost aft uncovering his way blocked.

Possession yet comes to substitute Calvin Ramsay, who slides Chiesa done with a perfectly-weighted pass, and the Italian guardant makes nary mistake from adjacent range.

Lewis Koumas extremity vs. Sunderland (85th min, Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland)

Szobo ? Koumas ✊ pic.twitter.com/wx3lkuswDT

Sunderland springiness the shot distant nether unit from Szoboszlai, and - reacting rapidly - Nyoni picks retired Chiesa, who plays a first-time walk astir the country to Liverpool's fig eight.

Szoboszlai puts Koumas done connected goal, and the 20-year-old rounds the crippled disconnected with an accomplished decorativeness down the middle, implicit the substitute goalkeeper.

MAN OF THE MATCH - DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI

There were a fig of awesome displays from Liverpool's youngsters, particularly Morrison and Koumas, but the crippled changed erstwhile Szoboszlai became much involved.

The midfielder was acting arsenic skipper erstwhile helium was substituted on, and speech from his fantabulous equaliser and assistance precocious on, the fig 8 could beryllium seen giving guidance to the Reds' younker stars.

LIVERPOOL VS. SUNDERLAND MATCH STATS

Possession: Liverpool 64%-36% Sunderland

Shots: Liverpool 14-11 Sunderland

Shots connected target: Liverpool 6-5 Sunderland

Corners: Liverpool 4-1 Sunderland

Fouls: Liverpool 18-9 Sunderland

WHAT NEXT?

Liverpool volition caput to New York's Yankee Stadium to look Wrexham connected July 30, earlier rounding disconnected their pre-season circuit of the United States against Leeds United astatine Chicago's Soldier Field connected August 2.

Sunderland volition instrumentality connected Leeds astatine New Jersey's Sports Illustrated Stadium connected July 31, and past Wrexham astatine Chester's Subaru Park connected August 2.