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Liverpool intensified their preparations for next week's Champions League final with a behind-closed-doors friendly in Marbella on Saturday.

A Reds side won 3-0 against Benfica B, the Portuguese side's reserve team who play in the second tier in their home country.

With 20 days between Liverpool's final Premier League and the Champions League showpiece against Tottenham Hotspur next Saturday, Jurgen Klopp had been keen to arrange a practice match.

However, with the season over for most major European leagues and many players already on their summer break, finding opposition had proven difficult.

Reports in Holland a fortnight ago claimed Liverpool had been rebuffed in their attempts to arrange a friendly with AZ Alkmaar.

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Benfica, though, answered the call and visited the Marbella complex over the weekend for the 90-minute match.

Klopp and his squad return from their week-long training camp on Sunday and will continue their preparations at Melwood before jetting out to Spain again later this week.

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Tottenham have been working at their training ground in Enfield with Mauricio Pochettino calling up a group of under-23 and Academy players to bolster numbers.

The Londoners travel to Madrid on Wednesday and will train at Real Madrid's complex on Thursday and Friday, with Liverpool utilising the same facilities on Saturday morning ahead of the final later that evening.