Liverpool preseason/July squad rankings: Who's king?

Liverpool preseason/July squad rankings: Who’s king?

By Tom Bogert | Aug 4, 2016

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - MAY 18: Daniel Sturridge (1st R) of Liverpool celebrates scoring his team's first goal with his team mates Roberto Firmino (1st L), Adam Lallana (2nd L) and Philippe Coutinho (2nd R) during the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images) /

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SANTA CLARA, CA – JULY 30: Divock Origi of Liverpool FC celebrates a goal with teammates during the International Champions Cup match against AC Milan at Levi’s Stadium on July 30, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /

7. Divock Origi

Against AC Milan, Origi’s preseason debut after his exploits with Belgium this summer, the striker returned exactly where he left off last season: prolific and exciting.

By the end of the night, he saw two shots find the back of the net, one of which wrongly ruled offside. Both were fantastic finishes, especially the one that counted. He took a lobbed ball in behind from Alberto Moreno, turned to his defender just inside the corner of the 18, ran a few stepovers, sent him to pick up his dry cleaning then fired into the bottom corner. Beautiful goal.

Origi is pushing Sturridge hard to start for Liverpool in Klopp’s one striker system. There will be times when they play together and they might force Klopp’s hand to do it more often.

At least Liverpool won’t be reliant solely on Sturridge and his glass legs for the entirety of the season.

Next: 6. Adam Lallana

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