Liverpool trio handed starts against Bologna immediately after re-joining training
Liverpool’s Brazilian trio, Alisson, Fabinho and Bobby Firmino, have been handed their first starts of pre-season against Bologna.
Joe Gomez is also slated to start against the Serie A side, which is his first in over nine months.
Starting alongside the quartet for Liverpool is Ibou Konate, Neco Williams, Kostas Tsimikas, Curtis Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Xherdan Shaqiri and Taki Minamino.
Virgil van Dijk made his first long-awaited start after ten months against Bologna in the first 60-minute match, and clocked in just over 40 minutes.
Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane were the goal-scorers in the first XI’s dominating 2-0 win over the Italians.
Bologna aren’t quite as far along in their pre-season preparations as the Reds, so the two snappy fixtures are more glorified training exercises than genuine matches.
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