Kaide Gordon scored an excellent goal for the young Reds, while Will Wright and Jayden Danns played for 45 minutes apiece and were both unlucky not to find the net.James McConnell also stepped up his fitness by completing an hour for Rob Page’s team.The U21s now turn focus to their Premier League 2 opener at Leicester City on Monday August 18 (7pm BST kick-off).Coach Jay Spearing told Liverpoolfc.com: “We managed to give all of the squad useful minutes, which was the most important thing.“We have had a really good pre-season with many different challenges and we now look forward to our opening Premier League 2 game at Leicester.”

Liverpool U21s lost 2-1 to Sunderland in a pre-season friendly at the Academy on Saturday. Kaide Gordon scored for the young Reds.

Liverpool U21s beaten by Sunderland in pre-season friendly

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