Bayern Munich Beat Liverpool In Seven-Goal Pre-Season Classic In Singapore

Cody Gakpo, Virgil van Dijk and Luis Diaz all got on the scoresheet but Liverpool lost their penultimate pre-season friendly of the summer 4-3 against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane, Josip Stanisic and 20-year-old Frans Kratzig got the goals for Bayern in front of a thoroughly entertained crowd at the Singapore National Stadium.

This was Liverpool's fourth pre-season game of 2023 and they have all been full of goals.

Bayern Munich beat Liverpool 4-3 in Singapore on Wednesday

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The Reds beat Karlsruher 4-2 on July 19 before drawing 4-4 with another German side, Furth, five days later.

Wednesday's 4-3 defeat by Bayern came three days after a 4-0 win over Leicester.

Liverpool will play Darmstadt in Preston next Monday in their final friendly of the summer.

Highlights: Liverpool 3-4 Bayern Munich

Gakpo fired Liverpool ahead with an emphatic finish just 108 seconds into Wednesday's game following a through pass from Diogo Jota.

Van Dijk then scored his first goal since being appointed as Liverpool's new club captain when he headed home from an Andrew Robertson corner in the 28th minute.

Bayern hit back five minutes later when Gnabry beat Joel Matip with a neat piece of skill inside the penalty area before firing a low shot past keeper Yann Sommer.

Gnabry set up Sane to tie the game at 2-2 just before half-time.

Diaz entered the action as a half-time substitute and scored Liverpool's goal of the match in the 66th minute. After playing a long-range pass to Mo Salah from inside his own half, Diaz sprinted forward and eventually collected the ball again on the edge of the box. He danced away from Stanisic with a silky first touch before burying a powerful shot with his weaker right foot.

But Bayern equalized again 10 minutes from the end when Stanisic latched onto a rebound after Reds keeper Alisson Becker had saved an initial effort from Matthijs de Ligt.

Kratzig then scored a spectacular winner in added time when he arrowed a stunning shot into the top corner from 18 yards after collecting a long-range through pass by De Ligt.