Osasuna coach blown away by Liverpool as Firmino and Minamino shine

Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate stated his aspect have been blown away by a vastly ‘superior’ Liverpool throughout their 3-1 pre-season defeat to the Premier League giants on Monday, whereas chatting with Noticias de Navarra. 

If a snug victory in entrance of a bouncing Anfield crowd was something to go by, Jurgen Klopp’s Reds look like chomping on the bit as they give the impression of being to make up for a depressing 2020/21 marketing campaign.

Even with out the likes of Mo Salah and Sadio Mane, Liverpool ripped Osasuna to shreds throughout a fearsome first-half show capped by two advantageous Roberto Firmino finishes. 

The silky Takumi Minamino was excellent in a left-wing position whereas Kostas Tsimikas additionally continued his advantageous pre-season type with an exquisite help for Firmino’s first.

Whereas he wasn’t precisely overworked, Ibrahima Konate caught the attention too together with his excellent distribution from centre-half, together with one raking diagonal that Virgil van Dijk would have been happy with. 

May Minamino, Tsimikas and Konate begin in Liverpool’s Premier League opener?

“This was a crew who was so superior to us, who damage us with the ball however, after they didn’t have it, additionally recovered the ball rapidly and gained so many duels,” stated Arrasate, whose Osasuna aspect pulled one again late on because of former Middlesbrough striker Kike Garcia. 

“You take steps ahead however, while you face these groups, you notice that you’re nonetheless removed from being at this degree.” 

With Andy Robertson struggling an ill-timed ligament harm – albeit one that ought to not preserve him out for too lengthy – Tsimikas may very well be rewarded with a beginning berth in Saturday’s Premier League opener towards Norwich Metropolis. 

The previous Olympiakos flyer has been one among Liverpool’s stand-out performers in latest weeks. 

And Minamino’s show – arguably his best within the well-known crimson shirt –might give Klopp a welcome headache with simply over two weeks of the switch window remaining. 

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