AcademyU21s match report: Will Wright and Keyrol Figueroa score braces in Liverpool's friendly win

Will Wright and the returning Keyrol Figueroa scored doubles for the Reds at the Kirkby Academy.

Kareem Ahmed and Michael Laffey added their names to the scoresheet in the second half.

Wright put Rob Page's side 1-0 up on the quarter-hour mark with a well-taken finish following good work from Josh Sonni-Lambie down the left.

He grabbed his second 10 minutes later, lobbing the visiting goalkeeper after latching on to Kornel Misciur's ball over the top.

Wright made way at half-time for Figueroa, who took to the pitch for the first time in more than two months following injury.

It took just five minutes for the USA youth international to find his scoring touch again, firing into the bottom corner from Joe Bradshaw's tee-up.

Another forward introduced at the break got in on the act midway through the second period, with Ahmed adding the finishing touch to a Bradshaw cross.

Ahmed then turned provider to set up Laffey and the scoring was completed by Figueroa's curler in the 82nd minute.

Liverpool: Misciur, Miles (Pinnington, 46), Adekoya (Ndiaye, 30), Nallo (Airoboma, 46), Pitt, Kelly (Laffey, 30), Bradshaw, Trueman (McConnell, 46), W. Wright (Figueroa, 46), Pilling, Sonni-Lambie (Ahmed, 46).