Liverpool will go intotheir summer tour of the US on the back of a comfortable 2-0 success over ChampionshipBlackburn Rovers in a pre-season friendly.
After a fairly even first period the wholesale changes made by the Reds proved the difference after the break with goals from Markovic and Daniel Sturridge proving decisive.
However, pitchside at Ewood Park the media were more interested in quizzing Reds boss Jurgen Klopp over the signing of Roma's Brazil keeper Alisson Becker on a six-year contract.
Liverpool have not revealed how much they have paid for the 25-year-old but it is reported to be about £66.8m - a world record for a number one.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp believes he has secured the services of one of the game's top keepers.
"At one point in the last few weeks it came up, the opportunity to sign one of the world's best goalkeepers - then it's not a long thought, to be honest, it's only that you need to have a little talk with the owners! They were quite excited, so we did it," Klopp said.
"The full package is just good.
"How we all do, he needs to adapt to the English Premier League, that's how it is. The league is different, the refs are different, the goalkeeper life is different in the Premier League.
"Of course he still has to adapt and age-wise he can improve, the best years are coming in the goalkeeper life, so it's all good."
The German dismissed suggestions Alisson could be weighed down by the pressure of the fee.
"He's a very calm person,
"It's not his price, it's not the price we want to pay, it's only the price the market demands. That's how it is, no problem with that.
"The size of the story is only outside [the club]. We don't think about that. We know what everyone will say about this, but it's not really important. We have now another wonderful player in our squad and that's the only thing we are looking for."
