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:
Carabao Cup draw
Arsenal beat Bolton in the evening’s other Carabao Cup match, so they move into the draw for the next round alongside Liverpool.
The full list of teams in the draw is below.
Ball 1: Aston Villa
Ball 2: Brentford
Ball 3: Brighton and Hove Albion
Ball 4: Chelsea
Ball 5: Crystal Palace
Ball 6: Leicester City
Ball 7: Manchester City
Ball 8: Manchester United
Ball 9: Preston North End
Ball 10: Sheffield Wednesday
Ball 11: Southampton
Ball 12: Stoke City
Ball 13: Tottenham Hotspur
Ball 14: Arsenal
Ball 15: Liverpool
Ball 16: AFC Wimbledon or Newcastle
FT: Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
More from Jota and Jones, with Jota adding that Liverpool “have just one defeat”.
“We are still progressing, still developing our ideas - but only by winning games you become better, so we are happy.
“It’s hard but we want to win again obviously, we are the reigning champions.”
Jones says that “it’s been hard” being left out this season, but “I just want to play”.
“I’m back playing games. We’ve got a big team, a quality team as well. We can change the whole team, and play well and win, and we did that”.
FULL-TIME! Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
Jota and Jones are speaking to Sky after the game, and the Portuguese starts by saying that the game “was completely different” to what the scoreline suggested.
“We scored a couple when they were down to 10 men.
“I think they made it hard for us, it was a good game in general and we’re just happy to go through.”
“It’s important getting that equaliser as quickly as possible,” he adds.
“To score at Anfield, it’s always special so happy to help the team.”
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.
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