Indonesia XI vs. Liverpool: 5 Things We Learned in Latest Reds Win

Liverpool continued their successful start to their preseason campaign with a routine 2-0 win over Indonesia, with the win coming courtesy of goals from Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling.

It was a straight-forward match for the Reds in many ways as they dominated possession and chances, though lacked a little cutting edge at times.

Steven Gerrard made his return from injury whilst Martin Kelly and Joe Allen continued their own comebacks with further appearances, and manager Brendan Rodgers opted to start all four of his summer signings.

This was the first part of Liverpool's summer tour, and they now head to Australia to face Melbourne Victory before the final game of the trip against Thailand.

Here are five things we learned from their win over Indonesia.

Sterling and Coutinho: Sources of Goals

Coutinho and Sterling struck a goal apiece for the Reds, making it two goals in two games for both attackers.

Despite an increase in goals last term, Liverpool will be looking for more goals from deeper areas of attack this coming season, and on impressions so far, these two will be important components of the attack in that regard.

Sterling managed two league goals in the first half of the season, while Coutinho struck three over the course of the second half.

Should both go on to play a full part for the entire campaign, be it from the bench in the Englishman's case at times or both from the start, it would be fair to hope for around eight goals apiece as they really look to take the top flight by storm this year.

Add in the assists and general chances created that both can contribute to, and Liverpool should have two fantastic sources of goals from Coutinho and Sterling this season.

Stewart Downing: The Weak Point of the Attack

Unfortunately, the same cannot presently be said of Stewart Downing.

Despite having won a place in the team last season, Downing seems to be way below the technical and physical level required at times.

Liverpool were facing rather modest opposition in Indonesia, yet the England winger utterly failed to be a threat in the final third, often squandering the chance to run at the defender and instead passing inside or backward.

Liverpool are still looking for more attacking faces in the transfer window, and Downing will surely only be pushed further down the list, especially with the likes of youngster Jordon Ibe consistently showing his ability.

Liverpool's Global Fans: Completely Awesome

Liverpool's fans in Indonesia put on a wonderful spectacle of colour and passion for the match.

Look anywhere on the club website, or in any search engine, and an array of flags, pyrotechnics and hoards of fans bearing scarves can be found; thousands and thousands of them serenaded the players with full renditions of Anfield's finest songs and left viewers in no doubt as to where their allegiances lay.

Some of the best banners of the season might just have been seen in one of the first games, including a tribute to the late Anne Williams.

Kolo Toure Could Feature More Often Than Anticipated

Despite signing Kolo Toure on a free transfer from Manchester City, Liverpool were expected to bring another senior centre-back in this summer.

It hasn't happened yet, and there appear to be no strong rumours as to who the new signing could be.

Although that in itself is not proof of absence of talks ongoing, it does appear that the Reds might at least start the season with exactly what they have now, at least defensively.

In that instance, Kolo Toure could find himself featuring in the first team far more often than was originally planned. His constant talking, encouragement and direction has already been a feature of preseason and could be seen in the Premier League before long.

Still Plenty More Work to Get Through

Liverpool still have much to do, and with only two preseason games having been played so far, it's no great surprise.

The Reds looked leggy and tired after half an hour—and again toward the end of the game after the substitutions had been made.

Not only the physical side of things has work to be done, but also defensively, the same issues from last season were apparent even against this low-key opponent. The full-backs failed to adequately stop crosses coming in, corners to the near post were not well defended against and the central midfielders—in the first half particularly—failed to deflect runners from deep away from dangerous areas in front of Liverpool's defence.

Rodgers and his team have less than a month to get an awful lot right—but with two wins so far, there can't be too many complaints.

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