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After the defeat of Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich (1-3), the International Champions Cup was already making its comeback this Sunday night with the match between Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund. For its part, the English club has already played four preparation matches (three wins, one draw), but made its debut in the ICC, unlike the BVB. For the German club, after a first victory in friendly, had played the opening match of the competition on the night of Friday to Saturday against Manchester City (1-0). For this meeting, Jürgen Klopp put in place a 4-3-3 including the former Monegasque Fabinho sentinel and the former player Losc Origi point. On the German side, Lucien Favre opted for a rather reworked 4-1-4-1
After a few minutes and an observation round, Loris Karius gave the Reds a first scare. After a bad raise of Liverpool goalkeeper, Philipp was responsible for the first attempt but his shot from 40 meters was leaking the frame (4th). Despite this first German opportunity, Klopp players gradually took control of the game on the lawn of the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte (United States). The chances were few and the men of Favre found colors after fifteen minutes of play. But the Reds found a few moments later the flaw on their first real opportunity. Camacho quickly played a corner with Robertson putting the ball in the box on Van Dijk. The great Dutch defender (1.93m) catapulted the ball into the net of the head (1-0, 25th). The reaction of the BVB took place before the break but Wolf found Karius on his way (42nd).
Pulisic illuminates the second act
In the second period, friendly match forced, the two coaches made many changes to bring new blood . Front of the scoreboard, the Reds pushed to break. Milner from afar (56th) and Solanke from the lead (61st) could not find the net. The second goal was not far behind, however, but Hitz deflected an Ojo attempt on his crossbar (64 '). A huge opportunity missed by Liverpool, especially since just behind, Pulisic got a penalty for an obstruction of Klavan. The American international himself undertook to transform and equalize it (1-1, 66th). From then on, the Reds were trying to react immediately. Jürgen Klopp's players went on the offensive but Woodburn sent his shot on Hitz (75th).
From strength to push, Liverpool was close to the second goal again but Gomez's header was cornered by Hitz (86) . Dominated at the end of the game, the Borussen created the surprise before the extra time. On a beautiful counter, Pulisic again deceived Karius with a nice shot (1-2, 89th). The show was finally closed by Larsen who took advantage of an attempt by Pulisic repelled by Karius to find the skylight point-blank (1-3, 90 + 3). Borussia Dortmund had a good second period and won 3-1 in her second match at the ICC. The Reds will have to recover against Manchester City on July 26, while the BVB will challenge Benfica Lisbon at the same time.
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