Liverpool 4-1 Sevilla: Diogo Jota hits glorious volley as Reds cruise in Arne Slot’s first game at Anfield | Football News

Liverpool cruised to victory in new head coach Arne Slot’s first game at Anfield as they beat Sevilla 4-1 in their final public friendly of pre-season.

The Reds face Las Palmas behind closed doors later on Sunday evening, six days before they open their Premier League campaign with a trip to newly-promoted Ipswich.

Slot’s side were measured in their build-up and spritely in attack from the off. They should have been behind inside 15 minutes, though, when Stanis Idumbo seized on Jarell Quansah’s mistake, but blazed over one-on-one.

Diogo Jota put them in front on the half-hour with a sublime first-time volley, before Luis Diaz also found the top right corner after cutting in off the left and firing past Orjan Nyland.

It was 3-0 at the break, with Diaz rolling his second into an empty net after Dominik Szoboszlai had raced clear and unselfishly squared for the Colombian forward.

Sevilla – who made nine changes at the break – did pull one back through Peque – but England U18 international Trey Nyoni fizzed home in front of the Kop to restore the three-goal cushion.

Mo Salah’s energetic performance was almost rewarded with a goal in the final seconds of the 90, but an impressive save from Nyland prevented Liverpool from adding a fifth.

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