Everton's Wayne Rooney, Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette score on debut; round-up of pre-season friendlies

[caption id=“attachment_3812443” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Liverpool began their pre-season campaign with a match against Tranmere Rovers. The Reds were bolstered by the return of captain Jordan Henderson after a 5-month break due to a heel injury. Twitter/@LFC[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812463” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] James Milner opened the account for Liverpool with a successful penalty kick against Tranmere Rovers in their pre-season friendly. Twitter/@LFC[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812489” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Just before halftime, Marko Grujic doubled Liverpool’s lead to 2-0 with a 25-yard screamer. Twitter/@LFC[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812495” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Pedro Chirivella joined the list of scorers with a perfect tap-in to push Liverpool up by three goals. Twitter/@LFC[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812507” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The second penalty for Liverpool taken by Ben Woodburn wrapped up the scoring to give the Reds an impressive start to their season. Twitter/@LFC[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812515” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Meanwhile in Australia, Arsenal took on the Sydney FC. Per Mertesacker, captain of the Gunners started proceedings with a ‘made-it-look-easy’ overhead kick. Twitter/@Arsenal[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812563” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Alexandre Lacazette scored in his debut for Arsenal. The gunners would like their new signing to continue this run. Twitter/@Arsenal[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3812579” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] All eyes were on teenage sensation Reiss Nelson as he ripped apart the Sydney FC defence with his pace and on-the-ball skills in Sydney on Thursday. Twitter/@Arsenal[/caption]       [caption id=“attachment_3812633” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] In Tanzania, Everton faced Kenyan side Gor Mahia in a match that saw Wayne Rooney score a goal for his boyhood club on debut. Everton won 2-1. Twitter/ @WayneRooney[/caption]