"We struggled physically at times against an experienced team but it's all part of the learning curve for the young players," said the reserve team boss.
"We could learn different things about our players and you can see how they cope in a different environment.
"To be fair we did pass the ball nicely at times but we gave away four bad goals from our point of view down to sloppy defending.
"With Peter Gulacsi and Dean Bouzanis away in the UEFA Under-19 Championships and David Martin with the first team in Switzerland we had two Academy goalkeepers with us.
"Chris Oldfield made some outstanding saves in the first half before had to go off at half-time.
"Hakan Duyan - who is only 16 - came on for Chris in the second half and he did really well. He showed he can cope at this level.
"I thought Gary Mackay-Steven did very well at left back and Nathan Eccleston showed some good touches up front. He is a young player with ability and we will look at him more as the season goes on."
Gerado Bruna scored Liverpool's goal.