Yesil at the double as U21s hit six
Samed Yesil scored twice as Liverpool U21s produced a superb display to beat Waterford United 6-0 at the RSC Ground on Friday night.
Jack Dunn fired the young Reds into the lead before Northern Ireland international Ryan McLaughlin made it 2-0.
Yesil then saw a penalty saved before Sergi Canos made it 3-0.
Sam Hart also got on the scoresheet before Yesil fired a double to complete the rout.
The game was played in front of a capacity crowd and Waterford United were perfect hosts.
Reflecting on the performance, U21s boss Michael Beale told Liverpoolfc.com: "It was a fantastic evening and for our first game of pre-season we had some very pleasing moments.
"There was a good crowd and it was lovely to be so well received and we were delighted to put on a good performance for the supporters.
"In the first-half Waterford did really well and gave us a good game, and in the second-half we had a lot of pace in our attack with McLaughlin and Canos in the wide areas. We were at a good level and we will only get better.
"It was great to see Jack score and he also hit the bar twice with two fantastic 30-yard efforts.
"It was also pleasing to see Samed score twice. He is a goalscorer and he will take a lot of confidence from that."
Beale's charges are back in action on Sunday when they are in Dublin to face UCD at 3pm BST, at the UCD Bowl.
Liverpool U21s: Vigouroux (Firth 45), Virtue (Randall 45), Hart (Whelan 45), Paez (Hart 65), Brewitt (Polgar 45), Madger Gomes (McLaughlin 45), O'Hanlon (Madger Gomes 75), Phillips, Ejaria (Canos 45), Dunn (Brannagan 45), Sinclair (Yesil 45).