Liverpool crowned a new hero after a Suarez-like moment in front of the Kop
LIVERPOOL 3-1 LEICESTER: Dominik Szoboszlai’s sublime strike helped the Reds beat their title rivals 3-1 to book their place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored in Liverpool’s win over Leicester.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s name may be hard to pronounce, but it’s still on the lips of the Liverpool faithful after he managed to win a thrilling Carabao Cup. The Hungary international had barely been on the pitch for five minutes before unleashing a ferocious shot from 25 yards out that grazed the back of the net.
It was Souness at his brightest of the season, McDermott’s goal or, more recently, as sweet as Suarez. And he almost did it again at the end when Leicester was bombed by him. The game changed with Liverpool bidding to take the lead again as Leicester took advantage of the lack of VAR to go ahead in the third minute and then fought bravely to stay up. Jurgen Klopp was apoplectic on the brink of Leicester’s early goal that set the tone for so much of this Carabao Cup tie, with Reds defender Kostas Tsimikas clearly broken, tearing his Achilles and sending Leicester into the fast break.
And when Yunus Akgun passed to young winger Kasey McAteer, he had more than a hint of offside as he sidestepped the defense and coolly slotted past Caoimhin Kelleher for a fine finish. Liverpool beat Leicester 3-1 on Wednesday night. While it left Klopp screaming on the touchline, he was almost silenced in shock when his exciting young star Ben Doak burst into the penalty area with his foot clearly set on James Justin’s ill-advised run. Liverpool still had a chance to make the tie comfortable before half-time, but they squandered it in the end. The worst failure came from one of their best finishers, Diogo Jota. He somehow managed to almost kneel over the ball when a wild 12th-minute chance opened up at the far post as Liverpool had four golden chances. From that pass, Doak saw a shot blocked and then from a corner, Cody Gakpo first missed in front of goal and then the lively Doak had another shot at goal only to see it roll over the line.
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With all this pressure, it felt like Leicester had to break and they did shortly after the break, after a good move and good skill from Ryan Gravenberch to give Gakpo, who had earlier seen a header cleared off the line, another chance to shoot, which he took . emphatically The Dutchman should have given his side the lead soon after but saw another header hit the bar. However, Szoboszlai’s intervention turned the game around in the 70th minute and Jota settled it with Jota’s cheeky backhand after some great work from young Jarell Quansah.