In the match between Liverpool and Fulham in the first leg of the 2023/24 English League Cup semi-final, the home team won 2-1 on the day striker Darwin Nunez completed his assist task well.
GOAL
Liverpool: Jones (68'), Gakpo (71')
Fulham:Willian (19')
On January 10, Chelsea unexpectedly lost to Boro in the first leg of the 2023/24 League Cup semi-finals. Therefore, Liverpool fans all hope that their team will be extremely careful against a physically strong Fulham team ready to cause a surprise at Anfield.
In the match early this morning, January 11, Klopp used reserve goalkeeper Kelleher in combination with Van Dijk, Konate, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jota, Diaz while Nunez and Alisson were on the bench. As for the other cases, as known, Salah and Endo are returning to serve the national team.
With home advantage, Liverpool started the game better with superior ball possession, but surprisingly Fulham was the team to score the first goal. In the 19th minute, Andreas Pereira passed the ball to Willian, allowing his Brazilian compatriot to finish from close range, opening the score for Fulham.
Conceding an early goal, Liverpool took the initiative to attack, but with the visitors' solidity, Liverpool, despite their best efforts, accepted being behind at half-time.
Entering the second half, the pressure from Liverpool grew. In the 49th minute, Gravenberch dribbled past two defenders to shoot from outside the box, but unfortunately the ball went just wide of the post.
Things were looking tough until, surprisingly, in the 68th minute, Liverpool finally found the back of the net. Substitute Darwin Nunez passed the ball to Curtis Jones, who fired a long-range shot to equalise for Liverpool. Just three minutes later, Nunez completed his double with a cross for Gakpo to finish close range into the Fulham net in the 71st minute.
The 2-1 victory was maintained until the end of the match. This result gave Jurgen Klopp and his team a big advantage before entering the second leg of the semi-final on January 25.
Liverpool:Kelleher, Van Dijk, Gomez, Konate, Bradley, Jones, Mac Allister, Gravenberch (Nunez 56'), Jota, Diaz, Elliott (Gakpo 56')
Fulham:Leno, Castagne, Adarabioyo, Diop, Robinson, Andreas Pereira (Cairney 72'), Palhinha, Reed (Lukic 83'), Willian (Wilson 72'), Jimenez, De Cordova-Reid