Jota and Gakpo double up as Liverpool come from behind to rout West Ham
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Faces may change in pitch but the story.
the technical areas and remains the same for.
out on the pitch Liverpool and West Ham.
but the story remains in the Carabao Cup..
the same for Liverpool It was another sorry.
and West Ham in tale for the Hammers,.
the Carabao Cup. It routed 5-1 in the.
was another sorry tale competition for the second.
for the Hammers, routed successive season at Anfield,.
5-1 in the competition and a further demonstration.
for the second successive of the rich resources.
season at Anfield, and bequeathed to Arne Slot..
a further demonstration of The holders ultimately advanced.
the rich resources bequeathed with ease. While Liverpool’s.
to Arne Slot. The head coach utilised the.
holders ultimately advanced with depth of his squad.
ease. While Liverpool’s head coach to oversee another hugely.
utilised the depth of encouraging display, the problems.
his squad to oversee increase for his West.
another hugely encouraging display, Ham counterpart Julen Lopetegui..
the problems increase for His team threatened in.
his West Ham counterpart spells but lacked the.
Julen Lopetegui. His team clinical edge displayed by.
threatened in spells but Diogo Jota, Cody Gakpo.
lacked the clinical edge and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s.
displayed by Diogo Jota, goalscorers on the night.
Cody Gakpo and Mohamed they booked a fourth‑round.
Salah, Liverpool’s goalscorers on trip to Brighton. They.
the night they booked also disintegrated defensively after.
a fourth‑round trip to Edson Álvarez’s deserved red.
Brighton. They also disintegrated card. Lopetegui’s troubles were.
defensively after Edson Álvarez’s not confined to his.
deserved red card. Lopetegui’s team. He sustained a.
troubles were not confined calf injury when stamping.
to his team. He angrily on the ground.
sustained a calf injury after a glaring miss.
when stamping angrily on by Crysencio Summerville and.
the ground after a left the stadium on.
glaring miss by Crysencio crutches. “We don’t deserve.
Summerville and left the this score,” said David.
stadium on crutches. “We don’t Moyes’s summer replacement. “We.
deserve this score,” said were in the match,.
David Moyes’s summer replacement. even better than them.
“We were in the at times, but we.
match, even better than suffered a goal being.
them at times, but disallowed before we scored,.
we suffered a goal it was a pity.
being disallowed before we there was no VAR,.
scored, it was a and we could have.
pity there was no had a penalty in.
VAR, and we could the second half for.
have had a penalty a clear handball. The.
in the second half next action they scored..
for a clear handball. We then had a.
The next action they very good 20 minutes.
scored. We then had to draw but with.
a very good 20 the third goal and.
minutes to draw but the red card it.
with the third goal was much more difficult..
and the red card The last part of.
it was much more the match was very.
difficult. The last part bad for us but.
of the match was we don’t deserve this.”.
very bad for us The sluggish start to.
but we don’t deserve Lopetegui’s reign was not.
this.” The sluggish start to the only thing troubling.
Lopetegui’s reign was not West Ham’s sizeable support..
the only thing troubling In the opening minutes.
West Ham’s sizeable support. of the tie they.
In the opening minutes paraded a banner that.
of the tie they read “Stop exploiting loyalty”.
paraded a banner that in protest at rising.
read “Stop exploiting loyalty” ticket prices and the.
in protest at rising removal of some concessions.
ticket prices and the at their club. A.
removal of some concessions productive spell midway through.
at their club. A the first half helped.
productive spell midway through to lift the visiting.
the first half helped mood, but only temporarily..
to lift the visiting The opener, minutes after.
mood, but only temporarily. The Danny Ings had a.
opener, minutes after Danny goal disallowed for offside.
Ings had a goal against his former club,.
disallowed for offside against was an absolute mess.
his former club, was from Liverpool’s perspective. Jean‑Clair.
an absolute mess from Todibo headed Jarrod Bowen’s.
Liverpool’s perspective. Jean‑Clair Todibo corner on to Álvarez,.
headed Jarrod Bowen’s corner who struggled to get.
on to Álvarez, who the ball from under.
struggled to get the his feet and was.
ball from under his thwarted by Conor Bradley’s.
feet and was thwarted tackle when he eventually.
by Conor Bradley’s tackle did so. Wataru Endo.
when he eventually did attempted to complete the.
so. Wataru Endo attempted clearance but succeeded in.
to complete the clearance slamming the ball against.
but succeeded in slamming Jarell Quansah and in.
the ball against Jarell off the unfortunate defender..
Quansah and in off West Ham’s joy lasted.
the unfortunate defender. West Ham’s all of four minutes..
joy lasted all of The hosts levelled courtesy.
four minutes. The hosts of a flowing move.
levelled courtesy of a plus Jota’s sharp reactions..
flowing move plus Jota’s The Portugal international pierced.
sharp reactions. The Portugal the visiting defence with.
international pierced the visiting a first‑time pass that.
defence with a first‑time released Gakpo down the.
pass that released Gakpo left. Gakpo’s delicate cross.
down the left. Gakpo’s found Federico Chiesa, who.
delicate cross found Federico swept an acrobatic volley.
Chiesa, who swept an into the ground towards.
acrobatic volley into the Lukasz Fabianski. Before the.
ground towards Lukasz Fabianski. West Ham keeper or.
Before the West Ham Max Kilman could intervene.
keeper or Max Kilman Jota, darting in front.
could intervene Jota, darting of the pair as.
in front of the soon as the ball.
pair as soon as left the Italy international’s.
the ball left the foot, equalised with a.
Italy international’s foot, equalised brave, close-range header. Carabao.
with a brave, close-range Cup fourth round draw:.
header. Jota tormented the restart, and minutes.
West Ham again when after Joe Gomez had.
Liverpool took the lead survived strong appeals by.
shortly after the restart, the visitors for handball.
and minutes after Joe inside his penalty area..
Gomez had survived strong There would be more.
appeals by the visitors when Bowen’s cross struck.
for handball inside his Kostas Tsimikas. The referee,.
penalty area. There would Andy Madley, was again.
be more when Bowen’s unmoved, correctly as it.
cross struck Kostas Tsimikas. turned out, and booked.
The referee, Andy Madley, Lopetegui for his protestations..
was again unmoved, correctly Replays showed the ball.
as it turned out, striking the left‑back in.
and booked Lopetegui for the stomach. Liverpool’s lead.
his protestations. Replays showed owed much to the.
the ball striking the determination and vision of.
left‑back in the stomach. Liverpool’s Curtis Jones. The midfielder.
lead owed much to created the goal first.
the determination and vision with a strong, surging.
of Curtis Jones. The run from deep inside.
midfielder created the goal his own half and.
first with a strong, then, having exchanged passes.
surging run from deep with Gakpo, by threading.
inside his own half a perfectly weighted ball.
and then, having exchanged into Jota’s path inside.
passes with Gakpo, by the box. The striker.
threading a perfectly weighted showed his usual pinpoint.
ball into Jota’s path accuracy in front of.
inside the box. The goal and found Fabianski’s.
striker showed his usual bottom left hand corner..
pinpoint accuracy in front West Ham threatened briefly.
of goal and found to restore parity but.
Fabianski’s bottom left hand Kilman and Carlos Soler.
corner. West Ham threatened briefly both squandered excellent chances..
to restore parity but Their night deteriorated thereafter..
Kilman and Carlos Soler Salah, Chiesa’s second‑half replacement,.
both squandered excellent chances. effectively settled the tie.
Their night deteriorated thereafter. with a convincing finish.
Salah, Chiesa’s second‑half replacement, into the roof of.
effectively settled the tie the net after Fabianski.
with a convincing finish had denied Alexis Mac.
into the roof of Allister. Álvarez stupidly picked.
the net after Fabianski up his second booking.
had denied Alexis Mac of the night for.
Allister. Álvarez stupidly picked a late foul on.
up his second booking Salah two minutes later..
of the night for Gakpo capitalised ruthlessly, drilling.
a late foul on his first goal of.
Salah two minutes later. the season into the.
Gakpo capitalised ruthlessly, drilling near corner after exchanging.
his first goal of passes with Darwin Núñez.
the season into the and seeing another low.
near corner after exchanging shot deflect into the.
passes with Darwin Núñez opposite corner off Todibo..
and seeing another low “For two months people.
shot deflect into the only asked me about.
opposite corner off Todibo. “For [signing] new players,” said.
two months people only Slot, who made nine.
asked me about [signing] changes from the Premier.
new players,” said Slot, League win against Bournemouth.
who made nine changes on Saturday. “I constantly.
from the Premier League told you about the.
win against Bournemouth on amount of quality players.
Saturday. “I constantly told we already have here..
you about the amount We have many quality.
of quality players we players.” It showed. pitch.
already have here. We but the story remains.
have many quality players.” the same for Liverpool.
It showed.
