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WATCH: Liverpool hold 11 v 11 friendly

Liverpool ramped up their preparations for the Premier League restart with an 11v11 friendly.

Sadio Mane and Naby Keita both got on the scoresheet as Jurgen Klopp's men played in front of an empty Kop.

Assistant coach Pepijn Lijnders told the club's website: "We wanted to give the players the feeling of playing and competing without a crowd.

"We are just going step by step back to our way of playing, knowing that we have to work hard in training and be really committed to our principles to reach the same level that we had.

"Today was an important step in that direction; firstly getting familiar with the process around the games and secondly giving our squad playing time and competition very close to the environment that we will have in the future."

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