Monday 10 August 2015 17:54, UK
Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino continued his return to full match fitness by scoring a hat-trick in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Welsh club TNS on Monday.
Lazar Markovic and Danny Ings also got on the scoresheet as Liverpool ran out comfortable 5-1 winners at the club’s Melwood training complex.
The game was arranged in order to boost the fitness and match sharpness of those players who did not start Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League win at Stoke.
Adam Bogdan, Emre Can, Lucas Leiva, Alberto Moreno, Divock Origi, Jordan Rossiter, Mamadou Sakho and Kolo Toure all featured as Brendan Rodgers continues to gel his new-look squad.
Firmino, a £29m signing from Hoffenheim who featured for Brazil at the Copa America, is thought to be behind the rest of the Liverpool squad in terms of fitness and is unlikely to start next Monday’s Premier League game at home to Bournemouth.
