Liverpool vs Monaco LIVE: Latest score and goal updates with Isak and Wirtz on target in pre-season friendly at Anfield

Andoni Iraola’s Anfield bow is going to plan so far!

And that’s your lot for the first half!

Liverpool deservingly have the lead thanks to goals from Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, but Monaco are still very much in this after Aleksandr Golovin’s penalty halved the deficit just before the break.

45+1 mins: Liverpool will have the last action of the first half with a deep free-kick…

It’s whipped onto the head of Virgil van Dijk, who heads just over. Nearly redeemed himself immediately for the penalty!

Aleksandr Golovin, the man who won the penalty, steps up… and fires past Alisson into the right of the goal. Great penalty.

Monaco halve the deficit.

43 mins: Well then – a potential way back for Monaco.

Aleksandr Golovin drives into the box and gets blocked off by Virgil van Dijk before falling to the deck. Jared Gillet points to the spot.

41 mins: Concern for Liverpool as Kostas Tsimikas holds his ankle in visible pain.

Looks like someone’s studs raked down his Achilles. A painful one, but he looks fine to continue.

39 mins: The Andoni Iraola press is there for all to see once again as Liverpool win the ball back immediately after losing it in the Monaco half.

It’s then set back to Kostas Tsimikas who lets fly from range – he doesn’t half get behind it, but it flies wide.

36 mins: Monaco are getting moments in Liverpool’s final third but they just haven’t been able to create anything with it. Just then, a ball is whipped in from the left but nobody is there to meet it.

It’s Liverpool who look like scoring again, and that’s with them playing at second gear – there’s not much need for them to up the ante at the moment.

Another opening for Florian Wirtz, this time blocked by a light blue shirt.

31 mins: Liverpool heading straight for the Monaco goal once again from kick-off, with Lewis Koumas firing another effort on goal which this time is straight down the throat of Lukas Hradecky.

The up the other end, a shot is fired from range by Matthis Abline that has to be watched by Alisson – no drama this time.