Liverpool 2 AC Milan 0: Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino net in International Champions Cup clash

LIVERPOOL showed their class as they overcame AC Milan in Santa Clara.

Divock Origi opened the scoring with a lovely finish on 59 minutes.

And Roberto Firmino continued his impressive form with a second.

New Milan boss, Vincenzo Montella, will have much to ponder after seeing his side blown away by a team which finished eighth in the Premier League last season.

FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS

• THESE two have only met twice in competitive games — in the Champions League finals of 2005 and 07. Hard to see either back there any time soon, especially Milan.
• DIVOCK ORIGI is showing what all the fuss is about at last. He is a far stronger, far greater all-round striker this season. As his clinical finish for the opener proved.
• WITH a Gabriel and a Jesus in the ranks, Milan may expect help from above. The Jesus is in fact ex-Kop flop Suso, who scored for Liverpool in their 2014 friendly clash.
• TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD’S debut showed why they expect such big things. They’ll make a few quid from any shirts sold with his name on the back too.
• EXPECT to see a far more fluid Liverpool this season, if the manner in which players were switching positions almost by the minute here is any indication.
• RAGNAR KLAVAN may have arrived as an unknown, but expect that to change soon. The no-nonsense Estonian centre back will leave plenty with bruises as a momento.
• LIVERPOOL may not have the Premier League’s brightest stars, but you can’t say the same about their dazzling yellow third kit. Sunglasses all round.
• THERE may be bigger names around than Sadio Mane, but not many faster feet. The Senegalese is so rapid, at times he just becomes a blur.
• JAMES MILNER got his first taste of a potential new life as a left back. He already looks a better option than the gaffe-prone Alberto Moreno.
• AT nearly 200 feet high, the back row of the top tier at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium certainly isn’t for the faint-hearted. You could end up with altitude sickness.

WHAT THEY SAID

Jurgen Klopp: "Everybody knows about the potential of Divock Origi. I understand that after a game like this you name single players.

"But I think, especially tonight, it is not the night to talk about single players. If you want to talk, then it's [about] the style of play, the dominance we had, the passing.