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Rhian Brewster’s double earned Liverpool a 2–2 draw with RB Salzburg as Premier League champion in his countdown to the new season.
The striker scored two goals at the time after two goals from Patson Daka gave the hosts a 2-0 lead in Austria.
Virgil van Dijk came out with a cut over his right eye four days before Saturday’s net opposite Arsenal at Wembley.
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Georginio Wijnaldum replaced Curtis Jones at Red Bull Arena in place of the team that beat Stuttgart 3-0.
Daka opened the scoring after 3 minutes and doubled it 10 minutes later from closing after a break in Salzburg.
Liverpool’s central defender Van Dijk with a break in the second half before Brewster made it 2-1.
The 20-year-old was given a tie nine minutes from the end when he lifted a cold end toward the 25-metre net after Jones caused panic at the Salzburg baseline.
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