2009–10 Liverpool F.C. season
Pre-season
Pre\-season
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Liverpool confirmed that long\-serving centre\-back [Sami Hyypiä](/wiki/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4 "Sami Hyypiä") would be leaving the club after 10 years to join German club [Bayer Leverkusen](/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen "Bayer 04 Leverkusen").[SAMI AGREES BAYER LEVERKUSEN MOVE](http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/sami-agrees-bayer-leverkusen-move)  *Paul Eaton, 4 May 2009*, *Retrieved on 17 May 2009* Liverpool also confirmed that [José Segura](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Segura "José Segura"), the ex\-[Olympiacos](/wiki/Olympiacos_F.C. "Olympiacos F.C.") manager, would be joining the club as Academy technical manager, starting on 1 June.[SEGURA JOINS LIVERPOOL](https://archive.today/20140806223834/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/segura-joins-liverpool) Paul Hassall, 16 May 2009, Retrieved 17 May 2009

Liverpool announced their pre\-season programme on 6 May 2009, including a tour of Asia and a friendly against [Espanyol](/wiki/RCD_Espanyol "RCD Espanyol"), as part of a clause of the deal that brought [Albert Riera](/wiki/Albert_Riera "Albert Riera") to the club. Liverpool started their pre\-season campaign against [St. Gallen](/wiki/FC_St._Gallen "FC St. Gallen") in Switzerland on 15 July, which ended 0–0, a game in which [Rafael Benítez](/wiki/Rafael_Ben%C3%ADtez "Rafael Benítez") gave playing time to most of his players. [Glen Johnson](/wiki/Glen_Johnson_%28English_footballer%29 "Glen Johnson (English footballer)") made his debut for Liverpool and earned himself the Fans Man of the Match award from *Liverpool F.C. TV*. They played their second encounter with [Rapid Wien](/wiki/SK_Rapid_Wien "SK Rapid Wien") at the [Ernst Happel Stadium](/wiki/Ernst_Happel_Stadium "Ernst Happel Stadium") on 19 July, which Liverpool lost 1–0 from a goal from midfielder [Steffen Hofmann](/wiki/Steffen_Hofmann "Steffen Hofmann"). The Asian tour began with a match against [Thailand](/wiki/Thailand_national_football_team "Thailand national football team") on 22 July, which ended 1–1, with Liverpool's early goal coming from [Ryan Babel](/wiki/Ryan_Babel "Ryan Babel") and the Thai's from substitute [Sutee Suksomkit](/wiki/Sutee_Suksomkit "Sutee Suksomkit"). This was followed by a trip to [Kallang](/wiki/Kallang "Kallang") to play [Singapore](/wiki/Singapore_national_football_team "Singapore national football team"), a game which Liverpool won 5–0 with goals from [Andriy Voronin](/wiki/Andriy_Voronin "Andriy Voronin"), Albert Riera, two by [Krisztián Németh](/wiki/Kriszti%C3%A1n_N%C3%A9meth "Krisztián Németh") and [Fernando Torres](/wiki/Fernando_Torres "Fernando Torres"). They then played Espanyol on 2 August, where they suffered a heavy 3–0 defeat thanks to two goals from [Ben Sahar](/wiki/Ben_Sahar "Ben Sahar") and one from [Luis García](/wiki/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_%28footballer%2C_born_1981%29 "Luis García (footballer, born 1981)"). They then enjoyed their first win of the campaign, against [Lyn Oslo](/wiki/Lyn_Oslo "Lyn Oslo") on 5 August, winning won 2–0 with goals from Voronin and [David Ngog](/wiki/David_Ngog "David Ngog"). They ended the pre\-season with a 1–2 loss against [Atlético Madrid](/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid "Atlético Madrid") on 8 August at Anfield. Goals from [Sergio Agüero](/wiki/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero "Sergio Agüero") and [Diego Forlán](/wiki/Diego_Forl%C3%A1n "Diego Forlán") put the Spaniards 0–2 up until [Lucas](/wiki/Lucas_Leiva "Lucas Leiva") pulled one back late on for the Reds.


How did Liverpool win their first game of the campaign?