Pic: Steven Gerrard posts a picture of the Liverpool team on the beer in New York

This surely isn't the best preparation for the new season...

Liverpool are currently on their pre-season tour of America and it's been going pretty well with wins over Olympiakos and Manchester City(on pens) and a defeat to Roma so Brendan Rodgers will be pleased.

The Reds next match is against AC Milan in North Carolina and on their way south, the team stopped off in New York for some cultural activities and team bonding. Now, anyone whose been involved in sport at any level knows that 'team bonding' is a euphemism for going on the lash.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard posted a picture of himself and his teammates doing some 'team bonding' in NYC and call us cynical but it looks an awful lot like a load of lads on the lash...