Liverpool train in Bangkok after touching down on pre-season tour as Brendan Rodgers prepares his side for life after Raheem Sterling
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Liverpool began life without Raheem Sterling as they trained at the National Stadium in Bangkok on Monday morning.
With the young winger on his way to Manchester City for an English record £49m, Liverpool's remaining stars touched down in Thailand for their pre-season tour.
And new captain Jordan Henderson was in the thick of all the action as Brendan Rodgers put his team through their paces in the far east.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson controls the ball during a session at the National Stadium in Bangkok
New signing James Milner tackles youth team player Jodan Rossiter as Liverpool trained in Thailand
Danny Ings, and Lazar Markovic keep the ball away from Henderson as the squad were put through their paces
Liverpool are preparing for the first game of their tour, against Thai Premier League All-Stars, whihc takes place on Tuesday.
They then travel to Australia for fixtures against Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United, before rounding off the trip with a game in Malaysia.
The tour offers a first opportunity for Rodgers to work with his squad following the departure of Sterling, but the Liverpool boss insisted that the squad would improve, despite losing the England star.
Henderson leads the players on a warm-up run, with Rickie Lambert (centre) and Adam Lallana alongside him
Brendan Rodgers oversees his team as they prepare for their first pre-season match against Thai All-Stars
Simon Mignolet goes through his warm-up routine ahead of the training session in the Thai capital
'The key for us is that it is the overall team that is important,' said Rodgers after landing in Thailand.
'Individuals like Raheem would have benefited from the team. We obviously need the team to be stronger and more competitive than we were last season but that will be reliant on everyone.
'We have started the pre-season in this first week, the camp has been strong, the focus has been hard and we just want to continue that way and take that confidence into the beginning of the season.'
Mignolet dives to pull off a save as his new understudy Adam Bogdan watches on from behind him
Bogdan collects the ball as Liverpool's players adapted to the conditions on arrival in Bangkok
Kolo Toure slides in to try and win the ball from Henderson as the players prepared for Tuesday's game
However, Rodgers played down the expectation around Roberto Firmino, the Brazilian forward signed to play in Sterling's position.
'He is a top-class player and played in Europe in a very good league but there is no pressure,' added Rodgers.
'He will come into the Premier League and it takes time to adapt. He has all the traits and profile in terms of what we want as a player. He works very hard, he's a talented player, scores goals, so we are really excited and look forward to him coming in.'
Joe Allen protects the ball as his captain offers an option during a session in the National stadium on Monday
Lambert tries to break away from Lallana and Allen as the Reds prepared for their opening fixture on tour
Liverpool legend Ian Rush was also in Thailand as the club look to spread their influence in Asia
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