Xherdan Shaqiri opened his Liverpool account in style with a superb overhead kick as Jurgen Klopp’s men thrashed Manchester United 4-1 in the International Champions Cup.
Shaqiri, who has walking out in Red for the first time since his £13 million move from Stoke City, stole the show in Ann Arbor as his new side swept aside a worryingly poor United.
Sadio Mane opened the scoring from the spot just before the half-hour mark, before Andreas Pereira levelled up just three minutes later with a brilliant 25-yard free-kick.
Second half-substitute Daniel Sturridge continued his fine pre-season form, firing home after some excellent hold up play from Shaqiri in the United box after 66 minutes, Sheyi Ojo added his side’s second spot-kick of the game six minutes later to make it 3-1.
A bicycle kick. On your debut. Against @ManUtd. 😍
All of the angles @XS_11official's stunning goal…
…keep an eye out for Curtis Jones' reaction! 😱🤣 pic.twitter.com/55IOyMUSeU
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 29, 2018
Shaqiri then capped off a fine display for both him and his side when he finished off Ben Woodburn’s cross in acrobatic fashion – a goal which perfectly summed up the gulf in class between the two sides on the day.
“[It was] very beautiful,” said Shaqiri reflecting on his stunning debut strike, “I think I’m used to doing it!
“No, I scored many times like this, I love bicycle kicks so I [am] always training this sometimes.
“The ball was perfect and why shouldn’t you try? So I tried it and it was a very beautiful goal.”
With all that practice, the Liverpool fans are hoping the Swiss star can do it again when the Reds meet United in December …
Few clips of Xherdan Shaqiri debut for Liverpool > You should probably watch it pic.twitter.com/Z8etz73Xvs
— MoLFC (@Molfc__) July 29, 2018
Hell of a goal from Shaqiri 👀 https://t.co/qaEMP1R8SM
— Jonathan Fowler (@JonathanFowle10) July 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/MomoyoyoLFC/status/1023474233899450368
I can confirm that the Shaqiri goal is better with Titanic music. pic.twitter.com/mwmHaDQNvU
— Zaahid (@Zaahid_LFC) July 29, 2018
Oh my. I just saw shaqiri’s goal 😍
— Katie Nolan (probably) (@katienolan) July 28, 2018
Welcome to the club @XS_11official and congrats on the debut and ridiculously great goal mate ⚽️⚽️ This could be fun 🔝
— John Arne Riise (@JARiiseOfficial) July 29, 2018
Shaqiri scoring a bicycle kick against United on his debut lmao elite
— sabah (@Sabah07) July 28, 2018
Shaqiri is who united fans think Sanchez is. #LFC pic.twitter.com/PY46orbsXR
— Sam (@ilynem) July 29, 2018
XHERDAN SHAQIRI ON HIS DEBUT
OVERHEAD KICK GOAL ✔
ASSIST✔WHAT A BARGAIN! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kNSiuIrQxb
— Anything Liverpool (@AnythingLFC_) July 28, 2018
