Night of the left extremes for the Liverpoolwho won in the round of 16 of the League Cup 2-3 against Brighton as a visitor, with the goals of Cody Steel (double) and one of Luis Diaz, who marked the classification. The Colombian came to six touchdowns this season in 13 games played.
Arne Slot He fielded a mixed team, with the Dutchman Cody Gakpo on the left wing and Luis Díaz occupying the right wing instead of Mohamed Salah. One of the surprises was the inclusion of Curtis Jones y Dominik Szoboszlaiboth at the forefront of attack.
Cody Gakpo double
The 25-year-old footballer had a great night. In the midst of the healthy competition he has with Luis Díaz for the left wing position, Gakpo reported with a doublewhile Lucho occupied a right wing in which he had no major influence and a discreet participation.
Cody’s first was a work of art. After a bad start from the rival goalkeeper, Tyler Morton unloaded for him on the left wing; Gakpo, with time and space, from the edge of the area, took a powerful cross shot that went violently into Jason Steele’s goal. at minute 46′ Serious celebration for the Dutchman, who thus scored his third goal of the season.
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Around 63, the second of the night was born. Sent by Liverpool goalkeeper Viteslav Jaros, Lucho put pressure on the rival defender and the ball was left to Gakpo after winning possession from Tariq Lamptey, He drove towards the goal and again took a powerful shot, but this time he placed it at the opposite post (right) of Steele.
Lucho put the one in the classification
Brighton got into the game in the 81st minute with the score of Simon Adingra after an error in the defender’s departure Jarrel Quansah. This put pressure on Liverpool, who ten minutes ago had counted on the entry of Mohamed Salah to occupy the right wing (Lucho moved to the left) and Darwin Núñez He came in to take charge, as the only man, of the point.
In the 85th minute, Brighton could not clear a ball that rained into the area, Lucho beat a rival and took the ball, looking for space to finish at the near post with power. This was his sixth goal of the campaign, his first in the League Cup and his 30th since joining the club.
Brighton made Liverpool suffer more with Tariq Lamptey’s goal in the 90th minute, which deflected off a rival defender and dislocated goalkeeper Jaros. Time ran out and The Reds advanced to the quarterfinals of the competition, in which they await a rival. This same duel will be repeated on Saturday, but for the Premier League, on matchday 10, and at Anfield.
