Former Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored as Premier League champions Liverpool were beaten 4-2 by AC Milan yesterday in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong.
Liverpool, with record signing Florian Wirtz making his first start, dominated possession under the closed roof at Kai Tak Stadium, but a shaky defence was punished for all four Milan goals.
Rafael Leao opened the scoring for the Italian side on 10 minutes with Dominik Szoboszlai’s superb strike equalising 16 minutes later to make it 1-1 at half-time.
But Loftus-Cheek, six minutes after the break, and two goals from substitute Noah Okafor, either side of Cody Gakpo’s late header, gave AC Milan the victory.
Liverpool’s Hong Kong fans vastly outnumbered those supporting AC Milan in the 49,704 sellout crowd.
They paid a heartfelt tribute to Diogo Jota, who passed away earlier this month in a car crash.
