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Sean Bradbury

James Milner dishes out x-rated Liverpool welcome to Kostas Tsimikas

James Milner wasted no time in welcoming Kostas Tsimikas to Liverpool during his pre-season debut.

The new Greek recruit pulled on the red shirt for the first time in today's 3-0 win against Stuttgart.

Both men came on at half time, as Jurgen Klopp made wholesale changes with a different team in each period.

Tsmikas put in a decent performance and looked sharp in his maiden outing.

But after less than 10 minutes on the pitch, he was on the end of a verbal volley from Milner.

The veteran midfielder played a ball out to Tsimikas who was hugging the left flank.

Milner then raced forward looking for a ball down the line, but the full-back elected to play safe and go inside to Takumi Minamino.

A disappointed Yorkshire brogue was then picked up on the microphone saying: "Ah Kostas! F*****g hell."

Liverpool took a 2-0 lead into the break after goals from Roberto Firmino and Naby Keita.

Rhian Brewster added another in the second half to get Klopp's side off to a solid start in pre-season.

The Reds now play RB Salzburg on Tuesday ahead of the Community Shield showdown with Arsenal next weekend.

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