English Carabao Cup

Liverpool vs Leicester 2023-24 English Carabao Cup, Third Round

Liverpool
  • 48': Cody Gakpo
  • 70': Dominik Szoboszlai
  • 89': Diogo Jota
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3 - 1
Leicester City
  • 3': Kasey McAteer

Liverpool rally to eliminate Leicester City from Carabao Cup

Liverpool eliminated Leicester City from the Carabao Cup with a 3-1 win at Anfield on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

  • 3': Goal! Liverpool 0, Leicester City 1. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 23': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Liverpool 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 0, Leicester City 1.
  • 48': Goal! Liverpool 1, Leicester City 1. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
  • 57': Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Cesare Casadei.
  • 64': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 64': Substitution, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu replaces Marc Albrighton.
  • 64': Substitution, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Yunus Akgün.
  • 65': Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Ryan Gravenberch.
  • 65': Substitution, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai replaces Ben Doak.
  • 70': Goal! Liverpool 2, Leicester City 1. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
  • 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Stefan Bajcetic replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 86': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Goal! Liverpool 3, Leicester City 1. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jarell Quansah.
  • 90': Substitution, Liverpool. Luke Chambers replaces Kostas Tsimikas.

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 49,732

Statistics

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8 Fouls 18
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 10
5 Saves 0
42.9 Possession 57.1
4 SHOTS 29
1 ON GOAL 10
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
303 Accurate Passes 463
401 Passes 526
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 8
9 Crosses 25
0.0 Cross % 0.3
42 Long Balls 41
20 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 8
13 Effective Tackles 8
19 Tackles 15
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
8 Interceptions 16
25 Effective Clearances 7
25 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
62 Caoimhín Kelleher (GK)
78 Jarell Quansah
5 Ibrahima Konaté
21 Kostas Tsimikas
17 Curtis Jones
3 Wataru Endo
38 Ryan Gravenberch
19 Harvey Elliott
18 Cody Gakpo
20 Diogo Jota
50 Ben Doak
Substitutes:
Darwin Núñez, Stefan Bajcetic, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Adrián, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Luke Chambers, Luis Díaz.

LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

No. Name
41 Jakub Stolarczyk (GK)
4 Conor Coady
15 Harry Souttar
2 James Justin
21 Ricardo Pereira Yellow Card
17 Hamza Choudhury Yellow Card
7 Cesare Casadei
29 Yunus Akgün
14 Kelechi Iheanacho
35 Kasey McAteer
11 Marc Albrighton
Substitutes:
Fatawu Issahaku, Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi, Jannik Vestergaard, Patson Daka, Mads Hermansen, Stephy Mavididi, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Wout Faes.

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