Liverpool fans had a first glimpse of Victor Munoz in matchday action during the Reds’ 3-2 defeat to Monaco on Sunday afternoon.Just 21 days after lifting the World Cup with Spain, the summer signing from Osasuna came on for the final half-hour of the match at Anfield today, having cut short his holiday to ensure that he’d be ready to feature against the Ligue 1 outfit.The 23-year-old was given a rousing reception when he entered the fray in the 59th minute, with the natives welcoming him warmly as they watched him in action for his new club for the first time.What did the media say about Munoz’s performance?Munoz didn’t manage to get on the scoresheet for Liverpool this afternoon, but his performance at Anfield met with positive reviews from a few of the media in attendance.Liverpool Echo writer Ian Doyle gave the Spaniard a 6/10 in his post-match player ratings, noting how ‘one piece of trickery soon got supporters onside’.For The Athletic, Andy Jones wrote that ‘there were a couple of promising moments’ from the winger, ‘most notably when he used his speed to skip past the full-back before delivering a low cross that was cleared’.Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustA valuable runout for Munoz, and plenty more still to comeHalf an hour in a pre-season friendly is obviously far too small of a sample size to make any definitive judgements about Munoz, but there were some encouraing signs from the Spanish forward today.He gave Monaco right-back Jordan Teze plenty to think about with his penetrating runs on the left flank, and one delivery into the box could easily have ended up as an assist had there been a teammate in the penalty area to provide the finish.There are still some aspects to his game where he can improve – his pass completion rate was a lowly 60% and he lost the ball five times from 14 touches (Sofascore) – but such imperfections are understandable when he’s only just back from some well-earned downtime.Munoz will have another valuable week of training alongside his new teammates before Liverpool’s two matches against Como next Sunday, one of which will surely feature the Reds’ number 23.Even in terms of getting on the pitch at Anfield and forming an embroynic chemistry with his teammates, this afternoon’s runout will have done the World Cup winner plenty of good.The post ‘Promising moments’ – What the media said about Victor Munoz after first Liverpool outing appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.