Liverpool won this Wednesday at home to West Ham, 5-1, in the quarter-finals of the English Football League Cup, joining Fulham, coached by the Portuguese Marco Silva, Chelsea and Middlesbrough in the semi-finals.
The Reds took the lead in the 28th minute, through Hungarian Dominik Szoboszlai, and Curtis Jones extended it in the 56th minute, after an assist from Darwin Núñez, in a game in which German coach Jürgen Klopp, who presented a renewed eleven – the Portuguese international Diogo Jota was left out due to injury – and made four substitutions at game time.
Two of the players introduced, the usual starters Alexander-Arnold and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, were in time to show their service, the first with two assists, the first precisely for Salah (82′) and the second for Curtis Jones’ double (84′). ‘).
Previously, Dutchman Cody Gakpo had scored Liverpool’s third, in the 71st minute, and Jarrod Bowen, in the 77th minute, scored the visitors’ goal of honor.
The day before, Fulham – who qualified for the semi-finals of the competition for the first time – eliminated Everton, on penalties, as did Chelsea against Newcastle, after a 1-1 draw in regular time, while Middlesbrough (from English second division) came out on top when traveling to Port Vale (from the third division), 3-0.
2023-12-20 22:56:56
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