International Champions Cup: Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool — 5 talking points

#1 Liverpool - A genuine threat this season

Jurgen Klopp

The Merseyside club has run rampant in the transfer window and has come out of the orthodox spending style and is not hesitating to splash gigantic amounts of cash on world-class talents. Roma's acrobatic shot-stopper, Alisson became their latest addition, whom Liverpool made the world's most expensive man of his position.

Other recruitments -- Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri provide Jurgen Klopp with a variety of options in the centre of the park and in the frontline as well.

Adding the trait of reliability and firepower in the squad was on the cards for Jurgen Klopp and those missing links look to have been healed. The arrival of Virgil Van Dijk last year saw the Reds' error-prone backline getting considerably stronger and the new man, Fabinho offers a perfect blanket for the defense line.

Naby Keita is set to uplift the number 8 role and Shaqiri provides a much-needed cover for the PFA Player of the Year, Mohamed Salah, besides offering a perfect compliment to the Reds' sizzling forward line of Firmino, Mane, and Salah.

The Reds' pre-season is going on very well as they thrashed their arch-rivals Manchester United, thanks to the goals by Sadio Mane, Daniel Sturridge, Sheyi Ojo and Xherdan Shaqiri.

Jurgen Klopp looks to have added a pinch of reliability in every department and has strengthened the squad in a very comprehensive way, due to which they have come out as a genuine threat.

With the essence of perfectionism in the midfield, backline and the frontline, the Merseyside club will approach Premier League's new edition of 2018-19 with a colossal potential to clinch their long-awaited title.