From BBC Sport:
Liverpool’s preparations for Wednesday’s Champions League qualifier against Maccabi Haifa were hit as they crashed to a heavy defeat at FSV Mainz.
Reds boss Rafa Benitez began the friendly with a strong side and the game was goalless at half-time.
But after several substitutions by Benitez, the Germans took command.
The Bundesliga side rattled in five goals from Markus Feulner, Tobias Damm, Ranislav Jovanovic, Chadli Amri and Fatmir Pupalovic without reply.
Benitez knows his side will have to improve quickly, telling his club’s website: ‘We know we need to correct things.
‘We made a lot of mistakes. We need to analyse why things have been going wrong and work hard to fix them.
‘We can start next week with a new mentality and I am sure we will be much better on Wednesday.’
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