Judi Online - Brendan Rodgers saw Liverpool kick-off pre-season with a win in monsoon conditions - then officially washed his hands of last season.
The
Kop boss watched his stars romp to an opening summer tour win to start a
new era without iconic skipper Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling.
It may only have been victory against minor opposition - but
for Rodgers it was a symbolic night that ushers in a fresh start for
him and Liverpool after their dismal sixth place finish in May.
“We have learned from last season and now the door is closed. We move on from that,” said the Anfield manager.
“We are working very hard to develop a team and hopefully go on and cope with the demands of next season.
“I’ve been really pleased with the quality and work of the players.
If we are going to impress it is going to be about the team and a lot of
our work will be done on our team and our spirit and because we want
quality.”
As Sterling’s £49million move to Manchester City was finally confirmed 6,000 miles away, Rodgers heralded the striker he hopes will be Liverpool’s new hope - £10million Divock Origi.
The
Belgian attacker could have had a hat-trick after hitting a post twice.
But eventually he scored on his debut with a thundering header from a
Jordan Henderson corner against Thai All Stars to wrap up the goals in
the Rajamangala Stadium.
Bandar Bola - And Rodgers was full of praise
for the 20-year-old who could start the season in place of injured
Daniel Sturridge unless Liverpool spend big again on another front man.
Rodgers said: “I thought Divock was excellent. You can see his movement and what really pleased me tonight was his persistence.
“He had a couple of chances he missed that he he would want to score but he kept going and was very positive.
“He showed how good he is in the air, it was a great cross into the box and a great header that he scored.”
Rodgers
played two entirely different teams in each half giving Danny Ings,
Adam Bogdan and Joe Gomez their debut’s in the first 45 minutes.
And
after the break he sent out Nathaniel Clyne, James Milner and Origi for
their bow as torrential rain threatened to water-log the pitch and
bring the game to a halt.
A cool finish from Lazar
Markovic and a header by Mamadou Sakho put Liverpool into a 2-0 first
half lead, doubled by Adam Lallana and Orgi second half.
And
that at least provided some cheer for Rodgers as he headed down to
Australia for Liverpool’s next game against the Brisbane Roar on Friday.