He Liverpoolwith doubles by Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo, eliminated Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham from the English League Cup (5-1) and further complicates the situation of the Spanish coach in the London team.
West Ham, who have not won for a monthin the previous round of this competition against Bournemouth, promised them a happy time when his team took the lead after a commotion in the area. Edson Álvarez, among four players, scrambled and took a shot as best he could that hit a defender before bouncing back off Quansah and into Kelleher’s goal.
The joy lasted five minutes for the “Hammers”, until Darwin Núñez gained the baseline, put a center behind that was finished off by Federico Chiesa and Jota, who had been left hanging near the goal line, finished off the shot. of the Italian to tie. A West Ham defender broke the offside by getting stuck under the posts. The Portuguese striker found the net again in the second half, when he scored a great through ball from Curtis Jones in front of Fabianski.
At 2-1, West Ham had chances to tie, especially through the boots of Jarred Bowen and Carlos Soler, but it was the “Pool” that killed the counterattack. Mohamed Salah, who had come off the bench, volleyed a ball that Fabianski had repelled after a shot by Alexis Mac Allister, and sentenced the “Hammers”, who also finished the game with ten after Edson was sent off for a double yellow.
Cody Gakpo, in injury time, invented two whips from the front and rounded off the victory.
And not only that. Lopetegui suffered a muscle injury in his calf and had to leave Anfield on crutches after hurting himself while jumping angry because his team, West Ham United, had missed a chance clear goal. The Spanish coach jumped when Crysencio Summerville missed a chance in front of Kelleher with 3-1 on the scoreboard. Lopetegui hurt his calf, had to spend the rest of the game on the bench and arrived limping at the press conference. “I have injured my calf,” admitted Lopetegui, who has not had an easy start to the season, has not won since the end of August and of the last four games he has lost three against Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool.
