Liverpool 3-1 Lyon: 5 Talking Points

#3 Alisson's errors creep back into play

Alisson's succession of poor individual mistakes saw Lyon race into an early lead

Alisson Becker and Roberto Firmino made their club returns on this occasion and while one scored an impressive equaliser during an encouraging cameo, the other was forced to recover from another rather grim individual mistake which gifted Lyon the lead.

Alisson, a surprise snub from FIFA's ten-man shortlist for World Player of the Year on Wednesday, has been heralded as one of the world's best goalkeepers since his switch to Anfield last summer and despite a few hairy moments, done nothing but enhance an impressive reputation.

An integral figure as Liverpool won their sixth Champions League title in June, he played every game and kept five clean sheets as Brazil won the Copa America last month too.

So you could excuse the collective surprise when he made a serious mess of a backpass and gifted Moussa Dembele an easily preventable chance so early on in their final pre-season friendly.

He reacted in disbelief once the referee awarded a spot-kick and despite replays showing contact, if at all, was minimal, he gave Dembele a chance to go down with a rush-of-blood lunge at the ball. Had he stayed firm and held his position even in that situation, it's unlikely the 23-year-old would have converted the chance with such little time to react.

He had no chance at saving Depay's follow-up penalty but his distribution and body language was fairly ruffled for a sustained period afterwards.

Understandable, he would have been reeling after conceding such a poor goal, but he eventually calmed down and was able to settle as Liverpool saved his blushes before being replaced by Simon Mignolet just after the hour mark.

From the Premier league's top six sides, only Manchester City's Ederson (58) made less saves than his 76 last term and he's not immune to an individual mistake either. All Klopp can hope for is those forgettable moments are ironed out of his system before they face Norwich on August 9.