Joe Gomez believes Liverpool made a statement with their performance in the Community Shield loss to Manchester United on Sunday.

Claudio Bravo's heroic denial of Georginio Wijnaldum's spot-kick gave City victory over their Premier League rivals, with less than a week until the season commences.

But Gomez thinks the Reds showed with their performance that they can once again match City in the Premier League.

The centre-half told Liverpoolfc.com: "They probably had the better of us in the first half and we knew that. In the second half, we came out and changed the game I think.

"We were doing all the right things and we had some good chances, so it's frustrating. Obviously our chance at the end, it's unfortunate and credit to [Kyle] Walker with good athleticism. But penalties are penalties and it can go either way.

"At the end of the day, it's silverware, we wanted to win it – but I think we made a bit of a statement that we are here to compete this year and we want to be on them and be above them.

"The gaffer just made the point about keeping better possession and getting out better because we thought they were doing it better than us.

"At the end of the day, we both had 11 players on the pitch and it was about addressing the little issues and just playing our football.

"Obviously when you are coming in off pre-season, it is a step up and I suppose it did take us a little while to get going. But I think we played well and we definitely could have won the game."