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Liverpool's pre-season education is continuing at one of America's most famous seats of learning.

The facilities at Stanford University are top class and just a short 10-minute drive from the squad's plush base in Palo Alto.

The weather is also ideal, hovering in the mid to late 20s, but without the stifling humidity you get on the tours of the Far East.

Former US presidents Herbert Hoover and John F Kennedy are among the famous alumni at Stanford, a leading research and teaching institution.

Now Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is centre stage and it's been a gruelling few days for his players.

New fitness coach Andreas Kornmayer has been leading the way in the morning sessions.

The England contingent are gradually being eased back into the main group having returned to club duty three weeks after many of their team-mates.

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James Milner did his bleep tests at Melwood before flying out to the States but for Daniel Sturridge, Jordan Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne and Adam Lallana there have been some hard yards to complete here.

In the afternoons there has been a lot more ball work but the emphasis on work rate remains huge.

At one stage during a passing drill on Saturday, first-team development coach Pep Lijnders bellowed: “We win the fitness, we win everything.”

There's been a focus on counter-attacking at pace with sessions finishing up with an 11-aside game on a three-quarters sized pitch.

Klopp has been hands on, regularly calling a halt to proceedings and bringing the squad together in order to get his points across.

Melwood Time is no more...

There were grumblings of discontent in the squad on the 2015 tour about the fact they were made to stay on 'Melwood Time'.

In a bid to avoid issues with jet lag, Brendan Rodgers decided they wouldn't try to adapt to the local times in the Far East and Australia. Instead the players remained five hours ahead of the UK throughout the trip.

As a result it meant that the Reds were eating at strange times Down Under and not going to bed until well into the early hours.

There's no such thing as 'Melwood Time' under Jurgen Klopp and no cause for complaint amongst the players.

Most slept on their overnight flight to California and since their arrival everything has been done on West Coast time.

Reds legends sample the local cuisine

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With Jurgen Klopp demanding that his players' focus is solely on football, it's been down to Liverpool's band of legends to satisfy the commercial and community requirements of the tour.

Robbie Fowler and Luis Garcia headed for the tourist hot spot of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco bay to promote the second tour game against AC Milan in Santa Clara next Saturday.

The Kop favourites worked their way through a seafood platter at the Franciscan Crab Restaurant.

Clam chowder is a speciality in these parts and Fowler was impressed.

“The chowder was even better than Boston's so Boston needs to up its game!” he joked.

Then it was on to Ghirardelli's for their acclaimed chocolate and ice cream.

Ian Rush and Gary McAllister have been lending a hand with the team of LFC Foundation coaches who are on the trip to leave a lasting legacy.

They attended Street Soccer USA in San Francisco to deliver a training session for underprivileged local children.

No fanatical following Stateside

It's certainly a world away from the fanatical scenes when Liverpool go on tour to Asia.

Reds players can wander around the grounds of their luxury hotel in Palo Alto without any fear of being mobbed.

There were eight fans waiting outside patiently for photos and autographs on Saturday and the players duly obliged en route to the coach.

Sympathy in short supply for Pearce

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When you get to follow Liverpool FC on tour around the world, I've found that sympathy is in short supply, no matter how horrendous your journey.

Just for the record, it took 27 hours door to door to get from Merseyside to Palo Alto.

There were ground staff issues, a broken plane and then a storm of biblical proportions which grounded all flights out of Chicago. When we did belatedly take off the turbulence en route to California was akin to a white knuckle ride.

Here's hoping the next leg of the tour from San Francisco to Los Angeles on Tuesday is slightly more straightforward.

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