Having won all three friendlies in the summer, Liverpool is confident to be in the “lion island” of Singapore, waiting to face the reigning Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich. In the starting composition of the “Red Brigade”, coach Jurgen Klopp launched both rookies Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister while Bayern Munich’s centre-back Kim Min-jae, who had just returned to the army, also made his debut.
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Cody Gakpo score from the 2nd minute
The ball had only been rolled for 2 minutes, the whole arena was filled with more than 55,000 spectators like a wave when Diogo Jota waved a long ball to let Cody Gakpo get down, kicking his foot into the top corner of the goal, making goalkeeper Yann Sommer unable to stop. The early goal did not discourage the Bayern Munich players and their responses were equally strong. Unfortunately, Benjamin Pavard had a header from close range in the 11th minute but could not beat goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
Van Dijk’s header doubles the lead for Liverpool
Bayern Munich received a second goal in the 28th minute when Andy Robertson cornered the right wing and center-back Van Dijk headed high, causing Yann Sommer to go into the net to pick up the ball for the second time. 2-0 for Liverpool and the heroic match started too smoothly for the English team.
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“Bavarian Gray Lobster” didn’t have a chance to close the gap until the 33rd minute. The sensational long ball was delivered by center-back Kim Min-jae to Serge Gnabry, who then evaded Joel Matip’s stop and knocked down goalkeeper Allisson with a shot into the near corner. In the 42nd minute, Serge Gnabry overcame the offside trap and stretched for Leroy Sane to take a risky shot, which required goalkeeper Alisson to save the game’s second goal.
Dominik Szoboszlai in dispute with Jamal Musiala
Liverpool once again took the lead in the 66th minute when Luis Diaz was the one who launched the attack and then quickly ran down, received the ball from Mohamed Salah and shot down goalkeeper Sven Ulreich. 3-2 for Liverpool and a bright smile appeared on coach Jurgen Klopp’s lips again.
Luis Diaz makes it 3-2 for Liverpool
Up to this point, the substitutions of coach Thomas Tuchel have been fully effective with young players. 80 minutes, Leon Goretzka free kick hung the ball deep into the middle for Matthijs de Ligt to head in very strongly. Goalkeeper Alisson pushed this ball but was powerless to kick Josip Stanisic’s back at close range.
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Josip Stanisic and Frans Kratzig scored, Bayern Munich won unbelievable
Not stopping there, in injury time 90 + 1, Matthijs de Ligt hung the ball long for Frans Kratzig to catch the ball and finish it unstoppable, bringing the goal to set a 4-3 victory for Bayern Munich. The match ended almost immediately, and the Liverpool players who didn’t believe the victory slipped out of their hands in an unbelievable way.