Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo every scored twice as Carabao Cup holders Liverpool got here from behind to thrash 10-man West Ham 5-1 and arrange a fourth-round tie away towards Brighton.
Arne Slot’s much-changed facet fell behind when Jarell Quansah was his personal internet from a West Ham nook within the first half however Jota led a devastating Liverpool response.
The 27-year-old acrobatically headed house a miskicked effort by full debutant Federico Chiesa for an on the spot leveller, then put the Reds in entrance with a cool end straight after half-time following fantastic work by Curtis Jones.
West Ham briefly threatened an equaliser after Michail Antonio’s introduction, seeing two penalty appeals turned down for handballs, however Mohamed Salah added the third when he slammed in a rebound after fellow substitute Alexis Mac Allister’s shot was saved, with the guests then decreased to 10 males when Edson Alvarez was proven a second yellow card for a foul on Salah.
The Hammers’ night then went from dangerous to worse as Cody Gakpo added a quickfire double within the ultimate couple of minutes of the sport to show the outcome right into a rout, persevering with a dismal week for Julen Lopetegui following West Ham’s 3-0 loss at house to Chelsea on Saturday.
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Liverpool prolonged their lead by means of Mohamed Salah
Liverpool, in the meantime, have been in a position to rejoice a sixth win in seven video games below their new supervisor, taking them into the subsequent spherical of a contest they’ve received twice within the final three years.
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Slot: I informed you we had high quality gamers
Liverpool boss Arne Slot in his press convention: “For 2 months you solely requested me about new gamers and I consistently informed you guys what number of high quality gamers we already had.
“That’s what we confirmed within the final weeks and as we speak once more, that we have now many high quality gamers.
“What pleases me most is that even when a variety of new gamers are available, they do not are available and attempt to have a great particular person performances. They attempt to work actually laborious for the group as a result of there was a variety of need to not concede.
Mohamed Salah celebrates his objective towards West Ham
“And because of that, we had some good particular person performances as nicely.”
On Diogo Jota: “He has been necessary for us in each single sport he performed. However a striker additionally needs to attain targets, so I am happy for him that he scored two as we speak. He performed on a quantity 10 place however he scored two actually good targets.”
On Cody Gakpo: “I feel it was 10 or quarter-hour earlier than the tip when he cleared the ball in his personal 18-yard field. And that’s additionally what he brings to our sport, aside from scoring too The way in which he hits the ball in and across the 18-yard field is with unimaginable pace, so I am not shocked him scoring like this.”
Lopetegui: We did not deserve scoreline
West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui in his press convention: “We did not deserve this rating. We have been within the match in a variety of moments, typically even higher than them. We began successful then we suffered one offside objective. That’s the reason I really like VAR [there is no VAR at this stage of the Carabao Cup].
“Within the second half, there may be one motion that may possibly be a penalty for us. It is rather clear for us, it touches the hand [of Joe Gomez]. We did not get the penalty and so they scored the second from the subsequent motion.
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Julen Lopetegui felt West Ham ought to have had a penalty for a handball by Joe Gomez
“After that I feel that we had an excellent 20 minutes, having very clear probabilities to degree the match. However I feel that with the third objective, and above all with Edson Alvarez’s crimson card, it was far more tough.
“The final a part of the match was very dangerous for us, very dangerous as a result of the image is just not good and we do not deserve this should you watch the match.”
Evaluation: Jota underlines his worth to Slot
Sky Sports activities’ Nick Wright:
Jota was an unused substitute in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, dropping out of the beginning line-up for the primary time below Slot for Darwin Nunez. On the proof of this exhibiting, although, he will not keep out of the facet for lengthy.
The Portugal worldwide took his targets brilliantly, his first a basic poacher’s effort as he rose above Max Kilman – no imply feat given his modest stature – to move house Chiesa’s effort from close-range; his second a sometimes cool end from Jones’ cross.
Jota celebrates after scoring his facet’s first objective
His impression was notably spectacular given it got here from an unfamiliar place. With Nunez working as Liverpool’s No 9 and Gakpo and Chiesa on the flanks, Jota performed at No 10, relishing the chance to drop into midfield, as he did within the lead-up to his leveller.
Salah’s objective from the bench and Gakpo’s late double underlined Liverpool’s energy in depth in assault on an evening when Luis Diaz, their two-goal hero towards Bournemouth, was not wanted in any respect. However Jota’s early withdrawal suggests he can be again within the facet to face Wolves on Saturday.
He has an important function to play within the Slot period.
Evaluation: Lopetegui wants enchancment
Sky Sports activities’ Nick Wright:
West Ham boss Lopetegui was proper when he mentioned his facet did not should lose by such a heavy scoreline. This was a significantly better efficiency than their abject exhibiting in dropping 3-0 at house to Chelsea on Saturday.
The outcome may need been very completely different had key moments labored out in his facet’s favour. The penalty appeals weren’t as clear-cut as he advised however there is no such thing as a doubting that West Ham have been on prime earlier than Salah scored Liverpool’s third.
After that, although, all the pieces unravelled, and the painful actuality is that they’re now with no win in 4 video games, throughout which era they’ve have conceded 12 targets and solely scored three. It has been a tricky run, admittedly. However pressing enchancment is required, beginning at Brentford’s Gtech Neighborhood Stadium, to kickstart his tenure.