Liverpool and Spurs seal friendly wins

Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool

News

Premier League champions and north Londoners record 3-0 victories and Everton complete comeback as clubs step up pre-season preparations

The Premier League clubs' pre-season friendly programme got under way on Saturday as Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur both recorded 3-0 victories.

Firmino influence

Roberto Firmino scored one and set up another as the Premier League champions eased to victory over Stuttgart in Salzburg.

The Brazilian opened the scoring from Curtis Jones's centre before teeing up Naby Keita to strike from close range five minutes before half-time.

Rhian Brewster rounded off a comfortable win for the Reds, whose new signing Konstantinos Tsimikas came on for the second half.

See: Liverpool report

Son double

Son Heung-min was twice on target as Spurs scored three unanswered goals against Ipswich Town.

Son's brace came inside the opening half-hour after Ryan Sessegnon had struck early on following good approach play by Dele Alli, who also set up Son's first goal.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, the midfielder signed recently from Southampton, was given his first start, while half-time substitute and fellow new arrival Joe Hart kept a clean sheet for the 45 minutes he was on.

See: Spurs report

Sigurdsson sparks comeback

Everton also scored three but had to complete a mighty fightback to salvage a draw against Blackpool.

The Blues found themselves 3-0 down after just 11 minutes.

However Gylfi Sigurdsson proved the Blues' inspiration, sending over the corner from which Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored a 22nd-minute header.

The Icelander then scored a first-half penalty before levelling the match with a free-kick on 72 minutes.

See: Everton report

See: Summer 2020 friendly results and fixtures