Celtic 1-0 Liverpool - Match Report

sale of Victor Wanyama for a whooping £12.5 million to Southampton and Gary Hooper to Norwich for a reported £5 million. Brendan Rodgers on the other hand, won't be. He's still missing Daniel Agger because of a lingering knee injury, and his absence was noticeable at Lansdowne Road, with Toure and Wisdom exposed for the goal. Daniel Sturridge is still not a certainty for next weekend, despite playing the second half, and the Suarez crisis is dragging on; an imminent conclusion to the problem not looking likely before next Saturday's opening match at Stoke City. Still, there's plenty of positives for the manager, Phillippe Coutinho and Joe Allen had good games for the Merseysiders, and Downing impressed on the wing. However, there's a sense the team isn't quite right before the new season, and with the Uruguayan problems not looking like going away any time soon, there's a definite sense that Liverpool aren't fully prepared yet for the new season? Only time will tell. Liverpool: Mignolet, Johnson, Toure, Wisdom, Enrique, Lucas, Gerrard, Allen (Henderson 58 min), Downing (Ibe 72 min), Aspas (Sturridge 46 min), Coutinho. Subs not used: Jones, Alberto, Assaidi, Coates, Borini, Sterling, Kelly, Flanagan. Celtic: Zaluska (Forster 46 min); Matthews, Lustig, Mouyokolo, Izaguirre (Findlay 64 min); McGeouch, Kayal (George 84 min), Irvine, Stokes; Balde (Atajic 70 min), Watt (Henderson 84 min). Subs not used: Fisher, Herron.