Florian Wirtz missing as Okafor’s brace sink Liverpool in preseason loss to AC Milan.

AC Milan handed a shock defeat to Premier League champions Liverpool in a preseason friendly match on Saturday afternoon in Hong Kong.

Arne Slot fielded a couple of his summer signings including Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez in the tie.

Record signing, Florian Wirtz was in action but had an underwhelming display on his debut for the Reds.

However, Swiss forward of Nigerian descent Noah Okafor came off the bench to bag a brace in the 4-2 win over the Premier League reigning champions.

Rafael Laeo gave Maximilliano Allegri’s men the lead in the 10th minute off Christian Pulisic’s assist.

Hungarian midfielder, Dominik Szoboszlai equalized for the Reds sizteen minutes later to level the tie as the first half ended one-all.

Former Chelsea midfielder, Ruben Loftus-Cheek gave Milan the lead a few minutes into the second half from a brilliant finish.

Noah Okafor added the third on the hour mark to give the Rossoneri a 3-1 lead heading into the final half hour of the match.

With five minutes to the end of encounter, Coast Gakpo came off the bench to reduce the deficit but Noah Okafor found the back of the net again as the match ended 4-2.