Pre-Season: Liverpool 1-2 AS Roma

Liverpool fell to their first pre-season defeat as they were beaten 2-1 by Serie A side Roma in front of a capacity crowd at Boston's Fenway Park.The pre-season program of Liverpool suffered a setback as the Reds were beaten 2-1 by Italian team Roma at Boston's Fenway Park.A capacity crowd saw Liverpool struggle to compete with the Italians. The American crowd were delighted by Roma's opener, which was confidently struck past Liverpool keeper Brad Jones by American international Michael Bradley in the 63rd minute. This drew ironic chants of "USA, USA!".Another Roma goal was added six minutes later. Attacker Florenzi slotted home past Jones on the rebound only a couple of minutes after coming on as a second half substitute. A consolation was added for the Reds by Scottish midfielder Charlie Adam, but there was no way to score an equalizer.Liverpool will hope to pose more attacking threat than they did when chasing this game when they come to the new Premier League Season. See if they can achieve this by buying Liverpool tickets online. Or buy AS Roma tickets for a taste of Italian football.Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was absent, as was talismanic striker Luis Suarez, who was with his international team mates in London for the Olympics.The match was gratifying for Liverpool's owners, Fenway Sports Group, being played at the home of their Baseball franchise, the Boston Red Sox.