Como Defender Dossena's Grit Shines in Goalless Liverpool Friendly

At the AXA Training Centre, a 70-minute friendly that promised goals instead delivered grit, a clean sheet, and one grimace-inducing moment that stole the headlines.

Liverpool named a strong side for the behind-closed-doors run-out, with Alexis Mac Allister, Federico Chiesa and Kostas Tsimikas all involved, but neither they nor Como could find a breakthrough as the game finished 0-0.

The football briefly took a back seat.

Midway through the contest, Como defender Dossena landed awkwardly after attacking an aerial ball contested with James McConnell and Will Wright. He came down hard, his hand taking the impact. The result was immediate and brutal: a severely dislocated finger that television cameras unwisely caught in a close-up. LFCTV commentators quickly apologised to viewers for the graphic images.

It looked like the end of his afternoon. It should have been.

Instead, the 27-year-old refused to disappear down the tunnel. Treated on the sidelines and with his finger hastily bandaged by Como’s medical staff, he insisted on coming back on. Six minutes remained in the shortened 70-minute encounter. Six minutes of discomfort, at best.

He played them all.

With Liverpool’s frontline still probing and the tempo rising late on, Dossena dug in alongside his teammates, helping Como see out the final stages and protect their clean sheet against a high-calibre Liverpool side.

In a pre-season fixture light on drama on the scoreboard, it was the defender’s stubborn return – bandaged hand, damaged finger, unflinching attitude – that turned a routine goalless friendly into a small, sharp reminder of the mentality required for the season ahead.