Kostas Tsimikas and Takumi Minamino have earned praise from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

The pair have been on the periphery at Anfield, but are hoping to impress Klopp in preseason.

They both featured in a friendly win over Bologna on Thursday.

"Kostas was really, really good today, I have to say," Klopp told the club's website. "That's true. It was just 45 minutes, that's fine, Owen Beck 15 minutes and that's good as well.

"Taki has played a good pre-season, that's true – that's really, really true. Seeing the quality of Shaqiri and all those things, that's good.

"Having the centre-halves back, playing football, you can see Joey with new long balls from left to right to left, a nice little asset.

"It's good, we can switch the game quicker maybe. Even after a long time, not with all of the guys who came late, we have to get used to each other quickly and then we have to make sure we are ready for the season."