Wirtz opens his Liverpool account

Florian Wirtz scored his first Liverpool goal as the Premier League champion beat Yokohama F Marinos 3-1 in a preseason friendly in Japan on Wednesday.

French forward Hugo Ekitike made his debut for Liverpool, one week after joining from Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported 69 million pounds ($92 million).

Wirtz equalized after Yokohama opened the scoring early in the second half, the German slamming home a right-footed shot from inside the box in front of over 65,000 fans.