Liverpool sits 3-2 in Dortmund in friendly prep match | Soccer

Liverpool was beaten 3-2 by Borussia Dortmund in his first match of a preseason tour to the United States.

In the sweltering conditions at Notre Dame Stadium in Indiana, the European champions battled the Bundesliga finalists in what Jürgen Klopp had described as the "first valuable test" of his team's pre-season .

Missing Roberto Firmino, Alisson, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané due to the Copa America and the Africa Cup of Nations, Liverpool was injured by defensive mistakes and Dortmund lost no time in finding the net, thanks to a point blank shot by Paco Alcacer after just three minutes.

Harry Wilson equalized in the 35th minute, but Dortmund scored two quick goals after the break. Thomas Delaney put the score at 2-1 after eight minutes of play with an easy shot and Jacob Bruun Larsen increased the lead after finding the bottom corner in the 58th minute.

Rhian Brewster converted a penalty in the 75th minute after Ben Woodburn's downfall, but the Reds have not found equalization in the final moments before a crowd of 40,361 people.

Klopp had introduced many younger players in his starting lineup, but had entrusted Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson, Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum their first summer match after making 10 changes to the game. hour of play

"The way we conceded the goals was due to the lack of organization around these situations," Klopp said. "When you change a lot in the team, it's pretty difficult to have a perfect organization. It will be better later in the pre-season and of course in season. Apart from that, everything's fine.

"There were a lot of good things, some things I did not like, that are normal in pre-season. I decide what we do at the training and I know how much we did yesterday in weather conditions already very lenient. I still do not like what I see very often in the pre-season game, but I know the reason. I do not think about our performance, but I know that there is still a lot to do and that everything is fine. "

Liverpool will continue their pre-season tour at Boston's Fenway Park against Sevilla on Sunday.