League Cup winners in 1991, Wednesday have not reached the last four since 2002, while Stoke have not gone as far as the semi-finals since they won the tournament in 1972.
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That some of Liverpool’s fringe players were getting in on the act had fans once again showering the manager with praise…
The odds for Manchester City, Everton and Stoke all to win against Sky Bet Championship opposition in the Capital One Cup were enhanced by Sky Bet in the latest of the online bookmaker’s special offers. This one is better still than the first and it’s all about the assist from Can, who delivers a sumptuous ball with the outside of his right foot, and Sturridge sweeps it in first time.
Okay, so Sturridge has got a magnificent goals-per-game record that confirms he is a class act, but he seems incapable of staying fit for more than a few weeks.
“(Liverpool) have the fast transition when they get the ball.
Even though Jurgen Klopp has only been in charge of ten Liverpool matches, this will be the second time he comes head to head with Ronald Koeman and Southampton.
Having beaten Chelsea and Man City away from home in comprehensive fashion since Klopp arrived, Liverpool have a massive chance to push for a top-four finish this season – and I’m not just viewing this through my red-tinted glasses!
“We had a bad start but we showed a great mentality as a team”. I took the risk to play three at the back and that’s my responsibility but if you go one up and then at half-time it’s 1-3 then it’s not good.
“In December, if we play in this way, if the injured players return, like David Silva today (Saturday), I think we will stay in the first positions of the table”. “And that’s not a problem for Steven because he is physically a strong defender and has the confidence to start”. They’re a good team, brilliantly offensively.
Ibe, provider for Origi’s second, added Liverpool’s fifth just minutes later, taking the ball down on his chest inside the penalty area before drilling his shot low into the bottom corner, with the travelling Kop turning it up to 11 in the away end.
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“I took the decision to play three at the back, and the first 20 minutes after half-time it was a little bit better, but we didn’t score, and the last 20 minutes, there were too big spaces, too big gaps”.
