Liverpool FC have beaten Werder Bremen 3-2 in their pre-season friendly match in Grenchen, Switzerland on Tuesday evening.

Andriy Voronin opened the scoring in the 4th minute, with Bremen equalising minutes later with a headed strike from Schindler, but with John Arne Riise restoring the first-half lead, smashing the ball home from 30-yards out in the 14th minute. The second-half saw Voronin secure his brace with a wonderful angled-strike, with a late own-goal from Liverpool defender Stephen Darby giving Werder Bremen late hopes of an equaliser.

This was the second match in Liverpool’s pre-season warm-up schedule, with Ukraine striker Andriy Voronin scoring twice on only his second appearance for The Reds since his move from Bayer Leverkusen in June.

His goal came after latching on to a slack back-pass from Werder Bremen and cutting through the defence and sliding the ball home.

Schindler levelled for Bremen after a rebound from a save from Scott Carson, before John Arne Riise re-took the lead with a stunning long-range free-kick strike.

The first-half ended 2-1 to Liverpool with The Reds looking dominant throughout the opening half.

The second-half saw wholesale changes to the team with Ryan Babel and Yossi Benayoun both coming off the bench to make their debuts in the second-half, but Liverpool continued with their dominance.

Voronin scored his second goal in the 61st minute with a superb side-footed strike at the near-post to make it 3-1.

Werder Bremen had a goal disallowed for offside as they looked for an equaliser.

Liverpool new-signing Fernando Torrres came on for Voronin in the 64th minute, with the Spanish striker having a couple of chances on goal, with Dirk Kuyt also coming close.

Frank Löning came on as a substitute in the 84th minute and made an immediate impression, with his cross heading towards goal and Stephen Darby getting the last touch to score an own-goal to make it 3-2.

The game finished 3-2, with Liverpool having given a debut to some of their new big-name summer signings and a decent friendly win to set them on their way to their friendly encounter against French Championnat Ligue 1 side Auxerre on Friday afternoon.

Liverpool v Werder Bremen Teamsheets For Friendly Pre-Season Warm-Up:

Liverpool Team: Carson, Finnan (Darby, 45), Paletta (Carragher, 45), Hyypia (Agger, 45), Riise (Arbeloa, 45), Pennant (Benayoun, 45), Hobbs (Alonso, 45), Gerrard (Sissoko, 45), El Zhar (Ryan Babel, 73), Crouch (Kuyt, 45), Voronin (Torres, 64).

Werder Bremen Team: Witse, Baumann, Fritz, Rosenburg, Andreasen, Alberto, Frings, Borowski, Niemeyer, Schulz, Schindler.

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