With a 3-1 victory, Liverpool advanced to the next round of the Carabao Cup.
Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca praised his team’s ‘bravery’ in their Carabao Cup loss to Liverpool at Anfield.
Last night, the Reds knocked the Championship leaders out of the competition in the third round. Nonetheless, Kasey McAteer’s third-minute goal gave the Foxes a dream start. Following that, though, it was one-way traffic, with Liverpool asserting their dominance over the tie.
In the 48th minute, Cody Gakpo equalized for the hosts before Dominik Szoboszlai’s rocket from outside the area gave Liverpool the advantage. In the final minute of normal time, Diogo Jota clinched the victory.
Leicester’s primary goal this season is to return to the Premier League after being relegated previous season. Maresca’s style of play at the King Power Stadium has generated 21 points from eight second-tier encounters thus far. Although the Foxes were overwhelmed by Jurgen Klopp’s players, the Italian was encouraged by the visitors’ performance.
“I’m very proud of the players because coming to this stadium against this opponent and continuing to play the way they want to play, they showed they were very brave,” Leicester’s head coach stated. We kept going from the beginning of the game till the end, and they made me very pleased tonight.
“To be honest, even after 45 minutes, when we were 1-0 up, I wasn’t concerned about the outcome.” It’s always crucial, but I told them before the game that our goal for tonight was to keep playing the way we want to play on and off the ball.”We attempted to press harder, and we took some risks, but the most important thing for us was that it didn’t matter who we were playing against or where we were playing. The most important thing tonight was to focus on how we acted. You have to be really daring to come to Anfield and try to play the way we want to play, so I’m very thrilled.
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