Liverpool vs Leicester LIVE: Carabao Cup result, final score and penalty shootout tonight
Relive all the action from a thrilling EFL Cup quarter-final at Anfield
Second-choice goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher saved two penalties in the shoot-out which Liverpool won 5-4 against Leicester to send them into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.
Substitute Diogo Jota struck the winning spot-kick - having come off the bench to score - but the real hero was Takumi Minamino who made it 3-3 with seconds remaining of six added minutes.
The visitors crumbled under the pressure exerted in the second half having twice cruised into a two-goal lead as Jamie Vardy scored his ninth and 10th goals in 14 appearances against the under-strength Reds.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain briefly made it 2-1 before a brilliant James Maddison strike restored the Foxes’ advantage.
However, the introduction of first-team reinforcements for the second half changed the dynamic as Jota and League Cup specialist Minamino, with his sixth in five appearances, forced a shoot-out. Relive all the action below:
Liverpool 2 - 3 Leicester
74 mins: Marc Albrighton stays down after a late challenge from Konate but Liverpool play on and work the ball down the left wing. It eventually goes out for a throw in and Youri Tielemans squares up to James Milner for not kicking it out sooner so that Albrighton could get treatment.
Both players get a talking to from the referee but no further action is taken. Albrighton is okay to continue.
Liverpool 2 - 3 Leicester
71 mins: If Liverpool score again and the match ends in a draw we’ll be headin straight to penalties. There is no extra time in the Carabao Cup. The Liverpool fans are very loud inside of Anfield now. It’s not going to be easy for Leicester to close out this game. Another corner for the Reds is played into Tsimikas he has a couple of shots blocked in the box and a scramble sees Leicester come away with the ball.
GOAL! Liverpool 2 - 3 Leicester (Jota, 68’) ⚽️
68 mins: Here we go! The ball is played up to Firmino who controls it well and spins away from Ndidi. He slots a pass into Minamino who taps the ball into the box for Diogo Jota to run onto. The forward breaks through the lines, collects the ball and then smokes it into the far side of the net! Great finish. This game is well and truly alive now.
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
66 mins: Minamino shimmies around Albrighton before taking on Ndidi over on Liverpool’s left side. He wins a corner that gets swung into the penalty area and headed away by Jamie Vardy. Liverpool quickly flick the ball back into the box but Ndidi is there again to head it behind for a repeat.
The second Liverpool corner is whipped deeper into the box this time but Thomas has it covered for the Foxes.
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
63 mins: Leicester have switched to a back three with those two substitutions, they are going to try and hold on to their lead. Luke Thomas switches the play with a diagonal pass over to Iheanacho who makes a bit of a mess of things trying to bring the ball under control and the attack dies down.
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
60 mins: The game stops whilst Soyuncu receives some treatment. He injured himself when blocking Firmino’s effort. Jannik Vestegaard comes on to replace Soyuncu for Leicester. Ryan Bertrand also comes on in place of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Another change for Liverpool sees Naby Keita on for Jordan Henderson.
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
59 mins: Brilliant from Soyuncu! Liverpool’s changes have changed the momentum of the game with the Reds firmly in the ascendancy. A poor goal kick from Schmeichel gives the ball to Oxlade-Chamberlain who knocks it up to Minamino. He threads a short pass into the box for Firimino and he lets fly only to be denied by a sliding block from Soyuncu!
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
56 mins: James Milner swings a corner into the box and picks out Roberto Firmino. He gets a glancing head to the ball but sends it wide of the back post.
Kelechi Iheanacho is introduced by Brendan Rodgers, replacing Patson Daka who’s had a good night for the Foxes.
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
54 mins: Save! Kelleher has just kept his team in the game! Dewsbury-Hall intercepts a pass in his own half and Gomez doesn’t manage to take it off him. The ball comes loose as the two players come together but Daka is the first man to it and he flicks it into the vacant space on the inside left. Dewsbury-Hall sprints away from Gomez, collects the ball and drives into the box. He shifts to the right away from Konate and guides a low effort to the far bottom corner only for Kelleher to leap across and push the ball wide of the post!
Liverpool 1 - 3 Leicester
51 mins: Milner fouls Daka as the Leicester striker wins an aerial ball. The Foxes are awarded a free kick that is slid into the left side of the box for Daka to chase down but he’s beaten to it by one of Liverpool’s defenders, Gomez I think, and the Reds work the ball out of the box.
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