Liverpool U23s suffered a cruel 3-2 defeat away at Manchester City in Premier League 2 on Friday evening.
Joe Hardy broke the deadlock in the contest after 16 minutes before the league leaders responded through Alexander Robertson and Cole Palmer to take the lead.
Hardy's second of the game – moments after the restart following good work by Ben Woodburn – drew the Reds level.
However, despite the best efforts of goalkeeper Jakub Ojrzynski throughout the second half, Felix Nmecha netted in the final minute of the 90 to give the hosts a late victory.
Though it was a rather uneventful opening quarter of an hour, Liverpool started well and were the more threatening side.