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title: "International Reds round-up"
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published: "2015-09-10T14:56:00Z"
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# International Reds round-up

A number of Liverpool stars were on international duty for various nations around the globe this week, here’s how they got on…

**Emre Can** got his first two starts for world champions Germany in victories against Poland (3-1) and Scotland (3-2). [He drew praise from manager Joachim Low and some of his more experienced colleagues](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2015/09/06/emre-can-impresses-germany-debut/), playing the entire 90 minutes of each game at right-back (See, he can play there).

For England, **James Milner** and **Nathaniel Clyne** both started in the back-to-back victories over San Marino and Switzerland that secured the Three Lions’ passage to Euro 2016. **Joe Gomez** and **Jordon Ibe** both also started for the England Under-21s in two 1-0 wins against their Norwegian and American counterparts.

Liverpool’s Belgian contingent of **Divock Origi**, **Christian Benteke** and **Simon Mignolet** couldn’t affect their team’s games. Benteke missed their 3-1 victory over Bosnia through injury, returning to fitness only to be substituted at half-time as the Belgians struggled to break down Cyprus before winning 1-0. He was replaced at half-time by Liverpool teammate Origi, who also appeared as a late substitute against Bosnia but couldn’t get himself a goal. Mignolet was an unused substitute in both.

Centre-back partners **Dejan Lovren** and **Martin Skrtel** were both winless for Croatia and Slovakia respectively. Lovren was part of a side that kept a clean sheet during a goalless draw in Azerbaijan to go top of their group, before being an unused sub during a 2-0 defeat in Norway which saw them drop to third. Skrtel missed Slovakia’s 2-0 defeat away to Spain due to suspension, before returning for the 0-0 draw at home to Ukraine.

Away from the competitive games, **Roberto Firmino** and **Philippe Coutinho** both played for ‘La Selecao’ in friendly games victories against Costa Rica and USA. Coutinho came on as a sub 65th minute sub against Costa Rica and Firmino did the same against the States at half-time; both impressed during their cameos as Brazil won 1-0 and 4-1.

So, thankfully, no injuries to disrupt the Reds next set of fixtures. And that’s all we really care about isn’t it?