Liverpool vs West Ham LIVE: Carabao Cup result and final score after Curtis Jones doubles up in thrashing
Liverpool 5-1 West Ham: The Reds found their clinical touch and thrashed the Hammers after goals from Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and a brilliant double from Jones
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool cruised into the Carabao Cup semi-finals as the nine-time winners thrashed toothless West Ham 5-1 at Anfield.
The Reds were much improved from their blunt display in Sunday’s stalemate with Manchester United and dominated throughout, with goals from Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and a brilliant double from Curtis Jones.
West Ham boss David Moyes belatedly brought on Lucas Paqueta and James Ward-Prowse with his side three goals down and Jarrod Bowen pulled one back with the visitors’ first shot on target.
But Salah came off the bench to deny any hopes of an unlikely comeback before Jones added his second after a wonderful run and finish. Jurgen Klopp’s side now join Chelsea, Fulham and Middlesbrough in the semi-finals as the Reds await the results of the Carabao Cup draw.
Follow all the live updates from Anfield in the blog below and get the latest odds and tips here.
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham
45 mins: Close!
Cody Gakpo shifts into space inside the penalty area and meets the ball as a cross comes into the middle. He nods it down but the accuracy is slightly off and the effort bobbles wide of the far post!
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham
43 mins: Curtis Jones floats a straight pass into the box with the hopes of picking out Darwin Nunez. He’s well marked by Konstantinos Mavropanos who stops him from getting to the dropping ball.
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham
40 mins: David Moyes is hovering about the dugout issuing updated commands to his players as West Ham look to get themselves back in the game.
If they go into half-time just one goal down that’ll be a positive result.
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham
37 mins: Nunez is the latest Liverpool player to win a corner as he forces Ben Johnson to send the ball out of play. As the corner ball is sent into the box, Virgil van Dijk leaps for it but the ball drops over his head and West Ham clear the danger.
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham
34 mins: There’s a nervous moment for Kostas Tsimikas who tries to poke a bouncing ball across to Jarell Quansah only to knock it into the path of Jarrod Bowen.
Bowen hesitates to shoot from range whick allows Tsimikas to recover from his mistake and take possession back.
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham
31 mins: That goal was unlocked Liverpool and they are, somehow, even more dangerous now than before. Szoboszlai and Elliott are running riot on the right side, nipping into the channels, finding space and work the ball into the box.
Soucek is called on again to clear a corner with a headed effort but the Reds quickly collect the ball again.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 West Ham (Szoboszlai, 28’)⚽️
28 mins: What a strike!
West Ham fail to counter attack from a good position as Jarell Quansah nicks the ball back high up the pitch. He slides it up to Dominik Szoboszlai who takes a touch then drills a rocket towards goal from range.
There’s a big of swerve and dip on the effort which does for Areola and the ball ends up in the far bottom corner.
Liverpool 0-0 West Ham
24 mins: Liverpool have had eight shots to West Ham’s none so far. Elliott wins a corner that is delivered into the box.
Tomas Soucek leaps highest and nods it clear before Wataru Endo’s recycled cross ends up in the hands of the West Ham goalkeeper.
For all Liverpool’s dominance, the haven’t been able to create a solid chance at goal yet.
Liverpool 0-0 West Ham
21 mins: Close! Dominik Szoboszlai receives the ball out wide once more and lays it off to Harvey Elliott in space. He brings it inside before slipping a pass across to Curtis Jones.
Jones is encouraged to shoot from the home fans and does so but Alphonse Areola is comfortably in behind the ball and clings onto it.
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