Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Darwin Nunez won a hat-trick of the first half in just 14 minutes, while Liverpool crossed a 5-0 victory over Stoke City in a preseason friendly gateway friendly Sunday.
The Uruguayan striker, which is still linked to a summer departure from Anfield, had the reds 3-0 within 20 minutes of opening.
Rio Ngumoha and Federico Chiesa also found the network in a dominant exhibition at the Liverpool AXA Training Center.
The new Florian Wirtz signing, which came from Bayer Leverkusen for a club record share earlier this summer, appeared on a strong first half line, which also included Mohamed Salah, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Liverpool sounded the changes in the half, with 10 new players introduced. Ibrahima Konate, Cody Gakpo, Kostas Tsimikas and Ryan Gravenberch participated, along with Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong summer arrivals.
Giorgi Mamardashvili started in the goal, but was replaced by Armin Pécsi shortly before the time mark. Alisson Becker did not participate in the game.
A selection of photos of our friendly victory of the doors behind Stoke City 📸
– Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 20, 2025
Reports suggest that Liverpool is in negotiations with Eintracht Frankfurt for a potential agreement for Hugo Ekitike, as they continue to explore ways to strengthen their attack options.
In the meantime, another report reported, Alexander Isak, lost the defeat of Newcastle’s preseason 4-0 against Celtic on Saturday.
Manager Eddie Howe attributed the absence of ongoing speculations on Isak’s future, although he added that he is still confident that the striker will remain in St James Park despite Liverpool’s interest.
Liverpool XI in the first half included Mamardashvili, Gomez, Van Dijk, Szoboszlai, Núñez, Salah, Jones, Robertson, Wirtz, Ngumoha and Nyoni.
In the second half, the Reds aligned with Mamardashvili (replaced by PECSI in the 59th minute), Endo, Konate, Chiesa, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Doak (replaced by Stephenson in the 74th minute), Kerkez, Frimpong and Bradley.
