Liverpool played their final pre-season friendly on Saturday evening - a 3-1 win against Athletic Bilbao in Dublin.
After taking a 1-1 draw into the break, a Roberto Firmino penalty and Inaki Williams strike the goals, a completely different Liverpool side emerged for the second half.
Goals from youngsters Ben Woodburn and Dominic Solanke would give Liverpool the win.
After the game, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp spoke of his appreciation for the 51,333 who had turned up for the game.
Klopp and players also took some time following the final whistle to mingle with fans. It was a gesture Klopp says was made as an attempt to 'give a little back'.
I said it a few minutes ago, I was really touched by the atmosphere, to be honest. When we came to the stadium, when we drove through the city, when we arrived at the hotel already, that was really, really special today. I heard about it, that Dublin is quite an LFC city but now I know it and it’s completely different to feel it.
I thought it makes absolute sense that we try to give a little bit back. When we left the hotel today for the game there were 500 people minimum, but if you give one autograph then it disappoints the 499 because we don’t have time, so that’s difficult. Today we tried to spread it a little bit. Hopefully we can make a lot of these fans happy, because they made us happy.
Before the game it was outstanding, during the game it was outstanding, after the game it was special. So really, thank you Dublin, that was a really special experience.
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