On a rainy night at St Mary’s, Liverpool managed to beat Southampton in the match corresponding to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup sealing their pass to the semifinals of the tournament. The set of Arne Slot With a team full of rotations, using substitutes and leaving many youth players on the bench, they managed to win with the respective goals of Nuñez and Harvey Elliott.
Darwin reunites with the goal
It was minute 24, when Darwin Nuñez found a rebound that the defense left after a dangerous pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold, finding a one-on-one against McCarthy who did not forgive and scored the first goal of the night.
This is good news for Liverpool and its fans, as their “9” has recovered his scoring nose after having a little more than 1 month without scoring. The last time he had done it was when they welcomed the Aston Villa on November 9 for date 11 of the premier league.
This is already the Uruguayan’s third season at Anfield, after having arrived from Benfica in July 2022 in exchange for 85 million euros, he has been involved in criticism, as his performance has not been what fans expected and now In the post-Klopp stage they hope that “the panther” appears in the important moments and shows why they paid so much for his signing when he arrived to make up for the loss of the historic Brazilian striker. Roberto Firmino.
I endo the solution to the problems
Between rotations and injuries for this game Slot rotated in most positions and the defensive back was no exception. But there he was, in the face of casualties he appeared Wataru Endo, the Japanese who would jump onto the field with Jarell Quansah In the center he would have a game of 10 cutting off any dangerous ball inside his area, showing that he is the wild card that Lierpool needs.
Endo, 31 years old, had 101 touches during the 90 minutes, 4 successful tackles, 1 blocked shot, 79 accurate passes out of 81 and to close the night he was chosen as the best player on the field. With this, the Japanese confirms his great form and rectifies the confidence that the Dutch coach gives him when required.
A team without direction and without a coach
A new defeat for “the saints” this time playing at home they have been eliminated from the league cup. Archer’s goal at 59′ was not enough to get into the game and seek the heroics.
Beating the best team in England so far this season is not an easy thing and only Nottingham has done it in 23 games in all competitions. For some reason one is the leader and the other is last in the league standings, while Slot’s project is going wonderfully, Russell Martin He didn’t continue anymore.
Just on Sunday he was fired from his position at St Mary’s and as a firefighter Simon Rusk came to the rescue, who will remain as interim manager with the task of saving “Sotton” from relegation, something that will be truly difficult as they are in 20th position. the league with only 5 points in 16 games, “the Saints” have only won 2 of their last 10 games played, terrifying numbers for a team that year after year seeks to maintain the category.
Next meetings
To finish the year, both teams have 3 games left to play, all corresponding to the Premier League.
Starting on the 22nd, when Southampton visit Craven Cottage to face Fulham, on the 26th they will host the West Ham and close the year with their visit to Crystal Palace.
For their part, “the reds” will visit Tottenham on Sunday the 22nd, and on the 26th at Anfield they will face off against Leicester. Jamie Vardy and they will close the year on the 29th visiting London to face the West Ham.
