Thai All Stars 0-4 Liverpool: Watch Jordan Henderson's amazing rabona assist for Adam Lallana goal

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Lazar Markovic rounds the keeper to slot home as he puts Liverpool into the lead after just three minutes
Mamadou Sakho makes it 2-0 with a towering header from a corner before half time
Adam Lallana scores third after Liverpool make 11 changes at the break
Divock Origi goes close several times before adding a fourth goal late on
READ: Brendan Rodgers insists Liverpool have learned from last year as Raheem Sterling saga finally ends
Thai All Stars 0-4 Liverpool: CLICK HERE to follow how it all happened

By Dominic King for MailOnline

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The rain came and so did the goals as Liverpool stepped up their pre-season preparations with a victory in a monsoon in Thailand.

Though the game against the Thai All Stars was given the rather grand title of the 'True Super Trophy', this was never going to be anything other than a training exercise for Brendan Rodgers' side and the tempo was a world away from the frenzy of the Barclays Premier League.

But, that said, the game still held importance for the Liverpool manager, with five new signings to bed in, and he would have been content after strikes from Lazar Markovic, Mamadou Sakho, Adam Lallana and Divock Origi secured a comfortable 4-0 win.

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Lazar Markovic is congratulated by Jordan Rossiter and Danny Ings after putting Liverpool ahead after just three minutes in Thailand

Mamadou Sakho rises unmarked to head home Liverpool's second goal, with team-mate Rickie Lambert also unattended

Sakho celebrates with Kolo Toure (left), Danny Ings, and Lambert (right) as Liverpool took control in Bangkok against the Thai All Stars

MATCH FACTS

Liverpool first half: Bogdan, Gomez, Toure, Sakho, Wisdom, Lucas, Rossiter, Teixeira, Markovic, Ings, Lambert

Liverpool second half: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Maguire, Allen, Henderson, Milner, Ibe, Lallana, Origi

Goals: Markovic, Sakho, Lallana

Booked: Allen

Rodgers said beforehand that, with only nine days training under their belts and the effects of a 14-hour flight still being felt, it was important Liverpool 'managed the conditions' and his caution was understandable, given the stifling, sweltering humidity in Bangkok.

A number of his players, however, did not want to ease themselves back in and Markovic, in particular, caught the eye.

After a disappointing first year in England, when he rarely looked like a £20million signing, the Serbia winger had a point to prove.

Markovic had Liverpool's first opportunity after two minutes, his shot from six yards being turned away after a cross from Andre Wisdom and forcing a corner but the 21-year-old did not have to wait long for an opportunity to break the deadlock.

In the next attack Joao Teixeira, the promising young Portugal midfielder, slipped a ball into Markovic's path and he did the rest, waltzing around Thai goalkeeper Warut Makemusik before rolling his finish into an empty net.

Thailand's players wanted to make a mark and they came close to scoring a goal in the 20th minute when Jakkapan Pornsai fizzed a free-kick over Adam Bogdan's bar but that was the only moment of alarm for a goalkeeper who has recently arrived from Bolton on a Bosman deal.

Watch Henderson's outrageous rabona assist for Lallana goal

Jordan Henderson set up Adam Lallana with an incredible rabona assist for the third goal in the game on Tuesday

Henderson's rabona found Lallana who then was able to score to ensure the incredible assist by the Liverpool captain

Joao Teixeira, whose pass set up Markovic for the first goal, congratulates Sakho on his goal which doubled the visitors' advantage

Lucas Leiva goes in hard on the Thai captain, missing the ball with a late lunge, but Liverpool remained largely untroubled throughout

Ings takes on a defender as Liverpool had to put up with stifling heat in the first half, followed by torrential rain in the second

Liverpool's new second-choice goalkeeper Adam Bogdan gestures to his defenders during the comfortable win in Thailand

Lazar Markovic, who scored the first goal for Liverpool, holds off a tackle as the tourists looked to entertain their many fans

Danny Ings, making his Liverpool debut on the pre-season tour of Thailand, controls a difficult ball in the tricky conditions

Either side of that moment, Liverpool pressed forward, with Danny Ings and Ricky Lambert playing as a front two and the midfield diamond of Markovic, Teixiera, Lucas Leiva and Jordan Rossiter keep hold of the ball comfortably.

Rossiter came close to doubling Liverpool's advantage with a bullet header from Lambert's cross, Ings couldn't get on the end of a Lambert cross and then the England Under-21 striker saw his first Liverpool 'goal' chalked off by a linesman after some jostling in the area.

Before half-time, though, Liverpool had their second goal and Sakho was the scorer, the Frenchman rising powerful to head in Teixeira's pinpoint corner. There was little riding on the game but Sakho, judging by his celebrations, enjoyed the moment.

The interval arrived and it prompted Rodgers to play a new XI, with James Milner, Nathaniel Clyne and Origi all getting their debuts, but the 15-minute break also saw torrential rain arrive, soaking everyone inside a stadium that was 95 per cent open.

So heavy was the downpour, those who had been sitting in the lowest tier of the ground had no option but to scurry for sanctuary.

Brendan Rodgers hails Milner and Clyne in 4-0 win over Thai All stars

Thai Premier League All Stars player Jakkapan Pornsai strikes a free kick at the Liverpool wall, but the hosts rarely threatened

Joao Teixeira is denied by the Thai keeper as Liverpool pressed for more goals against a relatively weak home side

Rickie Lambert, who started the first half of the game up front alongside Ings, brings down Prathum Chutong of the Thai All Stars

Given the poor nature of the pitch – it had been cutting up easily during training yesterday – Rodgers was eager for Liverpool to look after themselves and once Lallana thrashed in the third goal from Jordan Henderson's incredible rabona pass in the 52nd minute, there was no need to over exert themselves.

Still, they kept looking for more goals. Origi – who signed for Liverpool last year but spent the subsequent 12 months on loan at Lille – squandered one clear chance but he atoned before the final whistle, rising highest to get his head to a corner from Henderson.

It was a simple job professionally and done. As Liverpool now head on to Australia, Malaysia and Finland before the new campaign begins at Stoke, Rodgers – who welcomes new assistant coach Gary McAllister to his backroom team in Brisbane – will hope things continue to run smoothly.