Liverpool’s new signing Xherdan Shaqiri shined in his debut match in the International Champions clash against Manchester United.
Shaqiri scored a stunning goal in his first appearance for Liverpool.
Shaqiri completed the scoring in breathtaking fashion in Michigan. Liverpool ended their International Champions Cup campaign with a resounding victory on Saturday. Switzerland star Shaqiri came off the bench and netted a sensational overhead kick from 12 yards.
Reflecting on Shaqiri’s Liverpool bow, Klopp told reporters:
“It was good obviously. That’s not normal after four days in the club – adapting that well to the style of play. We wanted to help him a little bit with the position [so] that it’s not too complicated, gave him a lot of freedom. It was better than I would have expected, to be honest.”
“I think today it was a game where it was quite easy to come in for pretty much all of them because we played over 90 minutes of really good football on a very difficult pitch for both teams. We still played simple and quick, kept them moving. That was good.”
Klopp also said about the dedication level of his new signing:
“For Shaq, in the moment he signed he wanted to stay immediately at Liverpool and train with us. I think it was a week after he finished the World Cup, so I said: ‘No, no, no. Go’.”
“He came back a few days ago and he was really excited. For him it was very good moment in his career, having already had a real experience at Bayern [Munich], at Stoke at Inter. Those were important moments in his career and now we have him and he can now play together with a few really nice football players.”
Shaqiri is one four new signings at Liverpool following the arrivals of Alisson, Naby Keita and Fabinho.