Liverpool 3-1 Leicester City: 5 moments you may have missed from the League Cup tie
Liverpool secured their place in the next round of the League Cup on Wednesday night with a 3-1 victory over Leicester City. Kasey McAteer opened the scoring for the visitors before the Reds took control and eventually forged a breakthrough via Cody Gakpo shortly after the interval. Dominik Szoboszlai took the roof off Anfield with a long-range strike to put his side in front before Diogo Jota rounded off the scoring with a clever flick late on.
We’ve picked out some of the moments you may have missed on and off the pitch.
Captain Kelleher
Caoimhin Kelleher captaining the side for the last 10 minutes is the least what he deserves for his contribution for his team. ???? pic.twitter.com/V65BwQNkrm
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) September 27, 2023
It was a memorable night for Curtis Jones as he led the side out for the first time since becoming the club’s youngest-ever captain three-and-a-half years ago against Shrewsbury. It was an equally proud occasion for Caoimhin Kelleher, who replaced Jones as captain when he was substituted with around 10 minutes to play.
The Irishman made the competition his own in 2021/22 when the Reds went all the way to Wembley and he will be hoping to do so again should the side make another run at the competition this season.
Szobo stuns his peers
https://t.co/8bsFuJcxsm pic.twitter.com/DXxkbES88Y
— El Mans (@el_mansfield) September 28, 2023
Szoboszlai’s rocket to put Liverpool in front shortly after his introduction left us speechless as fans and his fellow players couldn’t believe it either by the looks of things! The Hungarian keeps finding new ways to amaze us during what has been an exceptional start to life at Anfield and his goal against the Foxes might be the best moment of the lot so far.
The reactions speak volumes about that hit, I felt the same tbh! ? pic.twitter.com/GsNo1sHFJz
— Joanna Durkan (@JoannaDurkan_) September 27, 2023