Five things we learned as Liverpool resoundingly beat RB Leipzig

Liverpool ran out 5-0 winners against RB Leipzig in Saxony as they resoundingly stepped up their pre-season preparations with an encouraging performance.

For almost the entire 90 minutes, Liverpool looked streets ahead of their Bundesliga opponents in terms of match sharpness, preparation and harmony. 

Most encouragingly for Jurgen Klopp was the performance of his new £85m forward, Darwin Nunez who scored four second half goals. They were his first for the club, with the Uruguayan having looked a bit nervous and short of a yard of pace in Liverpool's previous two pre-season encounters. 

With just over a week to go until Liverpool face off against Manchester City at the King Power in the season's traditional curtain raiser, these are five things Sportsmail learned from their rout in Leipzig. 

Nunez finally shows up to the party

The biggest encouragement for Liverpool was Nunez getting himself on the score sheet and looking a bit more like the multi-million pound striker that the Reds signed earlier this summer.

His touch and runs all looked cleaner than they did against Manchester United and Crystal Palace, with the forward also appearing to have begun developing relationships with his teammates.

Nunez’s first goal came from the spot and in truth, should have been kept out with the ball at a perfect height and speed for the Leipzig goalkeeper to push away.

That appeared to be all he needed, as he immediately looked a player filled with confidence. And like London buses, as soon as one arrived, so did another.

His second goal was very well taken, with Alexander-Arnold having played a nice ball into the inside-right space in the box. His shot across Janis Blaswich gave the ‘keeper little chance.

His third, coming from