Liverpool vs West Ham LIVE: Carabao Cup result and reaction after Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo score in rout
Anfield hosts the third-round clash as the reigning champions start their defence of the cup
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Liverpool lifted the League Cup last season at Wembley for a record tenth win; on Wednesday night their defence of the trophy began with a thumping 5-1 win over West Ham United.
The Reds will hope to go the distance in the Carabao Cup once more, but the big change from last term is Arne Slot being in the dugout after replacing Jurgen Klopp. There was no change in scoreline though; the Reds beat the Hammers 5-1 in this competition last season and did so again in the third round this time, Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo both scoring twice in an emphatic victory.
Those goals, plus one from sub Mohamed Salah, all came after the Hammers took the lead through an own goal by Jarell Quansah. West Ham were outplayed and outfought, though, and Edinson Alvarez was sent-off to remove any hope of a comeback.
Follow live updates from the match below, with the fourth-round draw set to follow at full-time:
FULL-TIME! Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
So, a dominant display from Liverpool who were nearly flawless in their 5-1 dismantling of West Ham.
The red card for Alvarez certainly helped, and the away side had caused a few problems for a much-changed home defence, but Quansah, Gomez and co. held them off for long enough for the attacking unit to do the damage.
The draw for the fourth round is expected at around 10.20pm BST.
FULL-TIME! Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
FULL-TIME! Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
FULL-TIME!
There isn’t time for much more as the referee ends West Ham’s suffering with the final whistle.
The reigning champions go through after an impressive home performance.
GOAL! Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
93 mins
GOAL! Gakpo has a deserved second.
The Dutchman picks up the ball on the edge of the box, turns Kudus and cuts inside. He hits a low effort from just inside the box, and it takes a deflection off Todibo and creeps into the bottom corner.
Liverpool 4-1 West Ham
91 mins
There’ll be five minutes of added time here. Liverpool look for a fifth, with Gakpo bursting into the box again, but his low shot is right at Fabianski this time.
GOAL! Liverpool 4-1 West Ham
90 mins
GOAL! A deserved one for Gakpo.
The Dutchman picks the ball up on the left wing and comes inside, exchanging passes with Nunez before rifling in a low shot that beats Fabainski at the near post.
Liverpool 3-1 West Ham
89 mins
A liverpool corner comes to nothing and the match looks like it’s done, with the home side quickly winning it back and happy to pass around the back four.
There’s time for one more though...
Liverpool 3-1 West Ham
87 mins
Antonio does well to skip past Bradley but the ball bounces off Morton and runs to Kelleher.
Liverpool go down the other end and Nunez gets into the box and to the byline before cutting it back, but Jones can’t turn it in at the far post.
Liverpool 3-1 West Ham
85 mins
Gakpo forces a good save from Fabianski with a driven effort from range.
Liverpool 3-1 West Ham
83 mins
This game is over as a contest, though both sides are still ‘trying’ to get forward.
Paqueta and Summerville try and find a way through on the edge of the box, but it comes to nothing.
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