📊 Liverpool starlets shining bright in Community Shield debut | OneFootball

Liverpool are up and running to kick-start the new season after bagging their first goals of 2025/26 against Crystal Palace in today's Community Shield clash.

After claiming Premier League honours in 2024/25 in Arne Slot's first season at the helm, the Reds went on to impress in the transfer market to not just reinforce, but improve their strongest XI, including a massive deal for German wunderkind Florian Wirtz and a transfer coup for Frankfurt starlet Hugo Ekitike.

The former Bundesliga pair have already endeared themselves to Liverpool fans just four minutes into proceedings at Wembley, combining to get the Reds out of the blocks.

Wirtz found Ekitike just outside the area before he would dance his way into a good shooting position, ultimately dispatching a low drive into the bottom corner past Dean Henderson before Jean-Philippe Mateta restored parity 13 minutes later from the penalty spot.

But not to be outdone, Jeremie Frimpong also got in on the goalscoring action to put Liverpool back on top in the 21st minute with an audacious goal that left commentators wondering if it was a mishit or simply a moment of sublime quality after his ball into the box looped over the head of Henderson and into the far corner.

It has been a brilliant start for three young players who are meant to push the club to even greater heights, putting the accent point on attacking moves that show just how dangerous the Reds could very well be in 2025/26.

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