ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP
PRELIMINARY, RETURN
Fulham–Liverpool 1–1 (0–1)
London, Craven Cottage, 24 320 viewer. Led by: Hooper
Fulham: Leno – Castagne (Tete, 83.), Tosin, I. Diop, Ant. Robinson – Palhinha, Cairney (Reed, 83.) – De-Cordova Reid (Harry Wilson, 67.), Andreas Pereira (Rodrigo Muniz, 83.), Willian – Jiménez. Manager: Marco Silva
Liverpool: Kelleher – Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Joe Gomez – Mac Allister (Curtis Jones, 67.), Gravenberch (B. Clark, 83.), Elliott – Gakpo (I. Konaté, 83.), Darwin Núnez (Diogo Jota, 67.), Luis Díaz. Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Scorer: I. Diop (76.), ill. Luis Diaz (11.)
Passed on: a Liverpool3–2 on aggregate
In addition to the English League Cup, Liverpool can also win the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League trophies this season, and the closest they can get to taking home the League Cup is at any moment, as Jürgen Klopp’s team has reached the final of this series.
Which beat Fulham by one goal at home in the first leg of the semi-final, and did not lose away from home – despite their many absences.
Dominik Szoboszlai could not play on Wednesday either, maybe he can play on Sunday. Even without him, Pool achieved its goal in London, which Luis Diaz took the lead at the beginning of the match with his goal, although it was necessary for this to happen, in addition to the masterful start of the young Jarell Quansah, as well as a series of mistakes by the home defense.
It didn’t go well for Liverpool, but neither did Fulham: the hosts had one chance in the first half, Joao Palhinha missed it, Luis Díaz and Darwin Núnez were in similar shoes on the other side. Fulham managed to equalize, after a great move by ex-Liverpool player Harry Wilson, the central defender Issa Diop he scored from close range as if he had been an instinctive center forward in his life; but after that, the away defense was stable, and Jürgen Klopp also made careful substitutions, having already made the 191st change in his starting lineup for this match (this is 56 more than for any PL club this season). 1–1
Liverpool will host Norwich in the top 32 in the FA Cup on Sunday, and Chelsea in the Premier League three days later – they will also meet the latter team in the League Cup final on February 25 at Wembley.
Liverpool is playing in its 14th final in the series, this is a record, it will be Klopp’s third such final, but this is not yet a club record.
EARLIER
Chelsea–Middlesbrough (II.) 6–1 (Howson 15. – own goal, Enzo Fernández 29., Disasi 36., Palmer 42., 77., Madueke 81., or Rogers 88.)
Passed on: a Chelsea6–2 on aggregate
