A second-string Liverpool side beat Shamrock Rovers by 4 goals to nil in their club friendly in front of 42-thousand fans at the Aviva Stadium last night. Iago Aspas gave the Reds and early lead before Fabio Borini continued the form that he had shown while out on-loan with Sunderland when he fired-home a curling right-footed finish at the start of the second-half. Defender Martin Kelly added a third with a back-post finish before youngster Jack Dunn rounded-off the scoring in the closing stages. It’s believed Manchester United are close to appointing Louis van Gaal as their new manager. Wide-ranging reports suggest the Netherlands coach could finally succeed David Moyes today. It’s understood Ryan Giggs will be his assistant, having flown out to Holland to speak to van Gaal yesterday. In Denny Premier ”B” last evening it finished Atletico Ardfert 1 Castlegregory 0. Ballymac Galaxy 2 Fenit Samphires 5. The Irish u16’s drew there second game of the 16’s EUFA Development tournament in Austria. If finished 1-1 with the hosts and in the penalty shoot out that will be used to determine Ireland’s place Ireland went down 5-3. Kerry’s Jesse Stafford Lacey was amongst the Irish players to score.
