You couldn’t imagine a better competitive debut: In the FA Community Shield between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace, only four minutes had been played when the Reds’ new dream duo struck for the first time.

The Bundesliga exports Hugo Ekitiké and Florian Wirtz, who together cost around 240 million euros in transfer fees, showcased their full class in just one action and impressively proved why they were worth so much money to the English champions.

After a clever pass from Wirtz, the former Frankfurt player Ekitiké handled the ball superbly and scored with an absolutely world-class finish to take an early lead. That’s how it’s done!

Liverpool seems to have acquired a lot of quality from the so-called Farmers League…

For the sake of completeness: Jean-Philippe Mateta, also a former Bundesliga player, scored in the 17th minute with a penalty to quickly equalize at 1-1.

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