Liverpool star Harvey Elliott felt there were plenty of reasons to be positive after their pre-season loss to RB Salzburg.
The Reds played an intense pre-season clash in midweek against the Austrian side.
Despite having many chances to score and shots on target, Liverpool were undone by a single Benjamin Sesko goal at the Red Bull Arena.
Elliott told the club website post-match: "I think if you look at the game and the full 90 minutes, they showed that they're obviously a great team.
"As well as that, they've been back a lot longer than us and started the season before us. All credit to them, they gave us a great game and it's a great test for us to work on and put into the weekend against City, which is going to be another hard test.
"Good steps but it's unfortunate we couldn't get the win tonight. But there's a lot of positives, but a lot of negatives that we need to reflect on and make sure we put right on the weekend."
Elliott added: "I think that was our main concern today – obviously our finishing and our ability to finish situations off.
"We had so many chances and obviously luck didn't come with us as well today. At least we created the chances, at least we got into the positions to finish it off but it's just a shame we couldn't do that today.
"But hopefully we can reflect and work on it in the couple of days that we have leading up to the weekend and make sure we put it right when it matters on the weekend against City.
"Spirits are high in the changing room. It's not nice losing but a lot of positives to take and at least we got into situations where we could've finished the chances off. Let's hope we can do it on the weekend."
