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A QUICK-FIRE double from striker David Ngog helped Liverpool FC to victory in Kuala Lumpur tonight – but they had to withstand a late rally from the home side before sealing victory in this nine-goal game.

The Frenchman scored twice in the space of a minute as a second half substitute at the National Stadium in the Malaysian capital to hand LFC a second consecutive pre-season victory.

However, as against Guangdong Sunray Cave earlier this week, the travelling Reds were forced to withstand a fightback from their hosts with Mohd Safee Mohd Sali grabbing a pair of late goals to set up a frantic final few minutes.

Centre half Mohd Rizal Fahmi headed narrowly wide from a corner but Liverpool would maintain their advantage however in an atmospheric night in KL.

There would be delight for new signing Charlie Adam also as he marked his first Liverpool start with opening strike of the game with Argentina international Maxi Rodriguez adding the fourth and fifth goals and Kuyt adding the gloss in injury-time.

Following Adam's goal from the spot kick, Liverpool held the lead for only 15 minutes as the hosts fought back.

Home captain Shafiq Rahim struck a delightfully lofted free-kick beyond goalkeeper Brad Jones three minutes before half-time.

However any thoughts a famous victory were ultimately extinguished not long after the re-start and with Steve Clarke, in the charge of the Reds in Kenny Dalglish's absence, making 11 changes had sufficient energy to establish a lead.

Although the game rarely moved out of second gear, it burst into life during the final 20 minutes, sparked by Ngog swift double strike and then the first of Maxi's close range efforts.

Mohd Sali capitalised on hesitant Liverpool defending to cut the lead to 4-2 before sliding neatly beyond Martin Hansen to make it 4-3.

Malaysia then went close to equalising before Maxi ended an threat of an upset with a header in injury-time.

MALAYSIA: Sharbinee Allawee, Jasuli, Asraruddin Putra, FadhliMohd Shas, Rahim ©, Rohidan, Shaarani, Hadi Ahaya, Subramaniam, Bakhtiar, Ahmad. Subs: Masril Mat Nourdin (gk), Farisham Ismail, Rizal Fahmi, Faris Ramlan, Faruqi, Safee Mohd Sali, Azmi Muslim, Govandar, Shakir Shaari, Remeli, Mohd Saad, Amirulhadi Zainal, Fahmie Che Mat (gk), Suppiah, Ashaari Shamsudin

LIVERPOOL (first half): Jones, Flanagan, Carragher ©, Agger, Robinson, Coady, Spearing, Adam, Meireles, Cole, Carroll.

LIVERPOOL (second half): Gulacsi (Hansen 69), Kelly, Kyrgiakos, Wilson, Insua, Aquilani, Shelvey, Poulsen, Maxi, Kuyt, Ngog.