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Match report: Van Dijk and Gomez return in Reds' friendly defeat to Hertha

Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez made their long-awaited returns from injury as Liverpool were beaten 4-3 by Hertha BSC in a pre-season friendly on Thursday.

The defensive duo came off the bench in the 69th minute of the contest, which was won by two second-half finishes from Stevan Jovetic.

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Hertha initially took a two-goal lead in Innsbruck inside 31 minutes but were pegged back thanks to well-crafted goals from Sadio Mane and Takumi Minamino.