Liverpool Thrashes Spurs, Sets Up Wembley Date With Newcastle
Holders Liverpool booked its return ticket to Wembley and a Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United after a 4-0 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur, progressing 4-1 on aggregate at Anfield on Thursday.
The runaway favourites took the lead, to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit against the visitors, when Cody Gakpo fired in a right-foot shot in the 34th minute from a Mohamed Salah cross.
Salah added his name to the scoresheet, shooting high into the net from the penalty spot in the 51st minute after Spurs goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky fouled Darwin Nunez in the box.
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai then slotted home the third and Virgil van Dijk completed the rout with a header to make the scores 4-0.
The final will be Liverpool’s 15th in the League Cup but a first in English football for Liverpool’s Dutch manager Arne Slot, who replaced Jurgen Klopp at the end of last season.
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“I think the stadium helped a lot. We knew we had to come back,” Liverpool’s Gakpo said after the match.
“We went out there and tried to bring as much chances as possible. With the quality we have, we know we are going to get chances. It was a great win.”
Newcastle saw off Tottenham’s north London rivals Arsenal 2-0, and 4-0 on aggregate, on Wednesday to secure their second final in three years on March 16th.
The Carabao Cup final promises to deliver a festival of goals, as two in-form teams Liverpool and Newcastle will clash for a chance to claim silverware.
️ March 16th – @LFC v @NUFC the #CarabaoCupFinal!#EFL | #CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/lnJv6foprj
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