With a 3-1 victory, Liverpool advanced to the Carabao Cup’s second round.
Enzo Maresca, the manager of Leicester City, praised his team’s ‘bravery’ in the Carabao Cup loss to Liverpool at Anfield.
At the third-round stage of the competition yesterday night, the Reds eliminated the Championship leaders. However, Kasey McAteer’s third-minute goal gave the Foxes a perfect start. But after that, Liverpool took control of the match and it was all going their way.
Cody Gakpo ultimately gave the home team the equalizer in the 48th minute before Dominik Szoboszlai’s rocket from outside the box gave Liverpool the advantage. The victory was then announced by Diogo Jota in the last second of regular time.
The head coach of Leicester remarked, “I’m really happy of the players because they showed they were very gutsy to come to this stadium against this opponent and to continue playing in the way they want to play. We stuck to our plan from the beginning of the game till the very end, and they have made me incredibly proud tonight.
We attempted to press harder, and occasionally we took some risks, but the most crucial thing to us was that we played how we wanted to play regardless of the opposition or the venue. The most crucial thing tonight was to pay attention to our behavior. I’m thrilled and focused on that because it takes a lot of bravery to play Liverpool at Anfield and try to play the way we want to.
