Bury 0-0 Liverpool: Four Findings

After two strong preseason outings, match three at League Two’s Gigg Lane produced an almost predictable fall to Earth. Liverpool stumbled scoreless to a 0-0 draw to Bury.

The Reds played with the kind of ponderous passing without much penetration that can plague them when they are lacking the uptempo pace to punish or any cutting edge up front. Both were missing against Bury as Liverpool kept the ball but failed to do much with it.

Again, Jurgen Klopp used split sides with the exception of the goalkeeper for each half. Despite some players putting in better shifts than others, there was little to separate the two lineups. Neither could find a final ball or finish and neither were too troubled by what the opposition had to offer.

There was a moment when it looked like Bury might make the Reds blush, when Loris Karius bobbed a ball again, but the struggling keeper recovered and ensured the deadlock. Apart from that, little in this contest qualified as remarkable.

Here are four findings from he match.