Liverpool's mid-season fitness drive ramps up with Sunday's Dubai Super Cup clash with Lyon. Jurgen Klopp's side are preparing to return to Premier League ...
The Dubai Super Cup is a four-team competition being played between December 8 and December 16. "The warm weather obviously adds to the fitness and great opposition [Lyon and AC Milan] as well. "It's great for us to get the chance to get some minutes out here," Joe Gomez told Liverpool's official website ahead of the game.
Liverpool 1-1 Lyon LIVE: Alexandre Lacazette equalises following defensive error after Mo Salah misses a penalty and sets up Fabio Carvalho in the FIRST minute ...
'The warm weather obviously adds to the fitness and great opposition [Lyon and AC Milan] as well. Keita to take the fourth for Liverpool and he... Identical to Oxlade-Chamberlain's kick, right into the bottom left corner. It was an odd half of football, that. 'Obviously just getting the training under our legs and the tactical stuff we're doing; it's a real chance to get the fundamentals back in place and use it as a stepping stone to carry on for the rest of the season.' It's a very simple goal - Mo Salah receives the ball inside the box to the right-hand side, draws Lopes out of the Lyon goal and just squares it to his left for Carvalho to tap home. There's statements of intent and then there's statements of intent and this has the definite feel of the latter. And he does! The ball falls to Oxlade-Chamberlain on the left but he can't control it and it rolls out for a goal-kick. It's frantic at the back for Liverpool now, as Gusto muscles Tsimikas off the ball down the right and sends the ball into the box. The Reds are struggling to get out of their own bx at the moment, and it's wave after wave of Lyon attack. Tsimikas steps up first for Liverpool and slams it into the right-hand side to score for the Reds.
Liverpool contest the first of two mid-season friendlies as they face Lyon in the Dubai Super Cup.
Liverpool and Lyon face off at the Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday, December 11. The game kicks off at 2.00 p.m. Lyon were simply woeful in their first Dubai Super Cup match against Arsenal, trailing 3-0 by half-time and offering barely a chance in response as the game wore on. 1 hr 30 mins from kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of Liverpool vs Lyon in the Dubai Super Cup. Lopes — 27. As expected, Liverpool name a strong lineup featuring several big-hitters who did not take part in the World Cup, including Mohamed Salah, Thiago Alcantara and Roberto Firmino. Elliott — 11. Robertson — 6. Kelleher — 7. That's a worry for the Reds - Elliott didn't look happy as he left the pitch. So I will not put it too high but it's important." 1
Fábio Carvalho was among the Liverpool players to impress against Ligue 1 side Lyon in the Dubai Super Cup. This is what we spotted as Pep Lijnders' plan ...
But this looked like a team that has a point to prove, particularly in the opening half an hour, with plenty of intensity in their work. Lijnders has clearly been working on a plan to get the Liverpool stars back into peak pressing mode again, with his favourite word, 'intensity', on show for portions here. The Spanish youth international was impressive at the heart of the midfield and has the steel in his tackles to match the silkiness of his passes. Quite how much you should read into the team that was named remains to be seen, but Bajčetić did his chances of more game time in the second part of the season no harm. [Harvey Elliott’s](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fharvey-elliott-liverpool-world-cup-25560428&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjv_-Wt6vH7AhX1XqQEHY2tC00QFnoECAEQAg&usg=AOvVaw3Tn2UHRha8R_SqwxUKZo9z) concern is, but he was taken off after 28 minutes and replaced by [Melkamu Frauendorf](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-partnership-formidable-next-steps-22921303) in a move that was clearly not pre-planned. [Pep Lijnders](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-future-pep-lijnders-plan-22638067)) and urging their players to take advantage of every loose touch. [Calvin Ramsay](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-transfer-calvin-ramsay-decision-24172822&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjcyanA6vH7AhXjU6QEHYHXC0EQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw2An73CJLIuPvOeMTAt--yU) starting, it was [Stefan Bajčetić](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-ajax-midfield-25366101) in the starting XI. [Fabinho](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-transfer-fabinho-jurgen-klopp-23304358) and [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Falexander-arnold-beckham-liverpool-klopp-25693016&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjF-tv_8_H7AhXaRaQEHU99DSsQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw3khojxZIPhXOgpgVxUjxNW) still in Qatar for the World Cup (or at least they were until very recently, with both Brazil and England now eliminated), it was interesting that [James Milner](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ftransfer-news%2Fliverpool-transfer-james-milner-dream-22746481&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi0tf646vH7AhVqQaQEHaO8Al4QFnoECAEQAg&usg=AOvVaw0XQeeeba4dox6piDtDBNOs) played right-back to begin with and not holding midfield. [Luis Díaz](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/luis-diaz-injury-update-liverpool-25716754) and [Diogo Jota](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-injury-return-diogo-jota-25560294) set to be missing for a spell, it was a promising sign to see Carvalho look sharp, scoring inside 45 seconds. [Fábio Carvalho](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-fabio-carvalho-jurgen-klopp-25310141) netted the opener within a minute of kick-off as Liverpool’s counter-press clicked into gear immediately, and only a mix-up from [Caoimhin Kelleher](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-kelleher-adrian-goalkeeper-klopp-19400381) and [Andy Robertson](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fandy-robertson-liverpool-klopp-decision-25694645&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwigpbnc8_H7AhWwTaQEHVOkBt4QFnoECAAQAg&usg=AOvVaw2VN3bUlYiy-7-JASUVr9Oe) at the back allowed Lyon to level late in the half through Alexandre Lacazette. [Darwin Núñez](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/nunez-liverpool-man-city-klopp-25290191) not back with his club teammates yet, Carvalho could have a vital role to play for the next few weeks. [Jürgen Klopp](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-dubai-klopp-luis-diaz-25713598&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjRh8LT8_H7AhUOVKQEHe7pDPQQFnoECAkQAg&usg=AOvVaw0W2ii5rd5aBDpx7PL9e37M) making a number of changes, bringing on a few young players including [Ben Doak](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fben-doak-liverpool-talents-fsg-25103399&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjw44XN8PH7AhVIRKQEHYXTD_sQFnoECAAQAg&usg=AOvVaw0b8p7xUlQO18C7EkWfHS-V) and [Bobby Clark](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-man-city-bayern-lijnders-24272997&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjpqvji8_H7AhVdZaQEHUrODOAQFnoECAEQAg&usg=AOvVaw13flpostBggs0v9G5UV-OL).
Team news and all the latest updates from our live commentary stream from the Al-Maktoum Stadium as Liverpool face Lyon in the Dubai Super Cup.
It was a proper smash in the face." The biggest plus point of Liverpool's night, he was rock solid on his return to the team. Darwin Nunez will join us tomorrow, the others we see them in England again." Played a mid-season friendly in Dubai in an unfamiliar position at the age of nearly 37 in the exact same way he would have a cup final in his 20s. It looks as though he will be OK to continue. Doak, Stewart, Corness and Chambers also on as Salah, Firmino, Milner, Thiago and Gomez go off. It was a non situation. "It was a big disappointment for all of us and him as well. Early clearance from a low cross was an important one and he never gave either Moussa Dembele or Alexandre Lacazette a sniff. It is a big disappointment for all of us. Kicking off at 2pm, Paul Gorst is our man at the Al-Maktoum Stadium, providing live updates on the action. Went into midfield for the second half.
Jurgen Klopp's team took the lead in the first minute through Fabio Carvalho before Mohamed Salah missed a penalty. Lyon equalised through Lacazette in the 41st ...
Lyon equalised through Lacazette in the 41st minute and he wrapped up the victory in the 82nd minute after [Bradley Barcola](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/328238/Bradley-Barcola)'s 65th-minute goal. [Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)](/espnplus/schedule/_/type/upcoming/categoryId/119cfa41-71d4-39bf-a790-6273a52b0259/channel/ESPN_PLUS) [Carvalho](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250906/Carvalho) put Liverpool in the driving seat almost instantly as he seized on a blocked shot from Salah, but his side missed the chance to go further ahead 13 minutes later. Lyon built on that save and drew themselves level just before half-time. [Rayan Cherki](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/298008/Rayan-Cherki). [Roberto Firmino](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/147234/Roberto-Firmino) was brought down in the area, but [Anthony Lopes](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/131743/anthony-lopes) saved Salah's tame spot-kick with his feet. [Fabio Carvalho](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231049/Fabio-Carvalho) before [Mohamed Salah](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah) missed a penalty.
Liverpool are in action for the first time in almost a month as they take on Lyon in the Dubai Super Cup. Here's how to watch live around the world.
[Jurgen Klopp](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/jurgen-klopp/) and his squad have embarked on Dubai for their mid-season training camp, and that includes friendlies against both Lyon and AC Milan. [This is Anfield app for iPhone and Android](https://www.thisisanfield.com/app) for free. [on our website](https://www.thisisanfield.com) and full match reaction and analysis on the [This Is Anfield app](https://www.thisisanfield.com/app) for iPhone and Android later. Here’s how to watch live around the world. [This is Anfield app](http://thisisanfield.com/app), including lineups, live coverage and all the reaction and analysis. [Southampton](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/southampton) in the [Premier League](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/premier-league) on November 12, before a long break for the World Cup.