Rickie Lambert made his first appearance in a Liverpool shirt as Brendan Rodgers’s side came from behind to beat Preston North End 2-1 in a pre-season friendly yesterday.

Lambert, who supported the Reds as a boy, made his dream move to Anfield from South-ampton earlier this summer and played 45 minutes at Deepdale before being replaced at half-time.

Another summer signing for Liverpool, Emre Can, also started the match but the young midfielder was taken off after just 20 minutes due to tightness in his calf.

Philippe Coutinho, Fabio Borini – who remains a target of Sunderland – Joe Allen, Martin Skrtel and Jon Flanagan were included in a strong Liverpool line-up but it was Preston who took the lead through Josh Brownhill.

Liverpool, however, scored twice in three minutes in the second half as Suso applied a curling finish in the 74th minute before Kristoffer Peterson side-footed home a winner.

Arsenal’s afternoon was more comfortable as they eased to a 2-0 win at Boreham Wood.

Aaron Ramsey started for the Gunners alongside Carl Jenkinson, Nacho Monreal and Wojciech Szczesny but it wasn’t until the 68th minute that Kris-toffer Olson gave the FA Cup winners the lead.

Benik Afobe then made sure of the victory with a penalty late in the match.

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