# Wataru Endo Dominates as Japan Humiliate Germany in 4-1 Victory
Liverpool’s new signing Wataru Endo put in a “dominant” display to help Japan secure a 4-1 victory over Hansi Flick’s Germany on Saturday evening. Endo, who has featured for 88 minutes across three Liverpool fixtures since arriving, completed the full 90 for his country in Wolfsburg.
The 30-year-old started in a double pivot alongside Hidemasa Morita and was pivotal as his side piled on four goals in the humbling friendly defeat for Germany. Japan opened the scoring in the 11th minute and Leroy Sane would equalise soon after for the hosts, only to see Endo’s side to score three more goals – the final two coming in the 90th and 90+2nd minute.
## Endo’s Performance Key to Japan’s Victory
Endo’s performance was key to the result, with Japan Times describing it as “dominant.” He won seven duels, won all four of his tackles, made six recoveries and two interceptions. His passing accuracy was 88 percent, and he was fortunate not to concede a penalty after toppling Nico Schlotterbeck.
Endo’s performance goes to show he needs time to settle at Liverpool before we see him at his best, and playing two of his three games with 10 men will not have helped his settling in period. The Japan captain will lead his team against Turkiye on Tuesday afternoon before returning to Liverpool.
## Other Liverpool Players in Action
Elsewhere, Bobby Clark and Calum Scanlon started and played 70 minutes as England under-19s clinched a 4-2 win over Switzerland. Clark was a threat throughout and helped set up England’s second goal of the afternoon after winning the ball off the goalkeeper and setting up Southampton’s Dominic Ballard.
Seventeen-year-old Trent Kone-Doherty was described as a “bright spark” for Ireland U19s in their 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina, with his “close control and dribbling” a highlight of his outing. The likes of Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Kostas Tsimikas and Dominik Szoboszlai are all expected to be in action on Sunday.