Liverpool reached the first final under Arne Slot and continued EFL’s defense in style with Tottenham’s hitting Anfield to create a Final against Newcastle.
In Cody Gakpo format opened the score as part of a dominant screen by the hosts, drilling first from within the box from a diagonal Salah tradition.
Mohamed Salah lifted a wild kick beyond Antonin Kinsky six minutes after halftime, ruthlessly utilizing the goalkeeper who fell under Darwin Nunez in the box.
Gakpo imposes the tie! blister
He becomes the top scorer in this year’s Carabao Cup 🥇 pic.twitter.com/za4tmxgevz
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Liverpool had also hit the wood on three occasions since Dominik Szoboszlai, who had an early target excluded for the offside, took place in their 75th minute to complete a group of group motion with Virgil van Dijk be directed fourth by Alexis Mac Allister’s Five minutes later.
Holders will meet Magpies at Wembley Stadium on March 16th after Eddie Howe completed a total 4-0 victory at home at Arsenal Wednesday.
Mohamed Salah turns the sentence to put Liverpool in front of the tie! 🔴 pic.twitter.com/iwziwxsfzw
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Liverpool then to reach the EFL Cup final
The score may not have flattered Liverpool, but this was an absorbent open game in which Tottenham remained in conflict until Szoboszlai hit as they took over the discouraging challenge to protect a 1-0 first leg.
Tottenham was on the back foot for almost all the first half, holding through a combination of decisive defense and waste by Premier League leaders, who are 29 points on them on top flight.
Even after Gakpo scored his fifth goal in a competition of this season to find the net for a seventh consecutive look at Anfield, Spurs did not seem to be turned in the way their fans are used to during the many low campaigns .
There was a sign of the problem to come when Kinsky threw a salah shot against Crossbar just before halftime, comes in rescuing Tottenham with the striker Richarlison, who accused Van Dijk to hug him during a fiery start in the second foot, slap on the lawn in frustration upon receipt of his last injury to the other end.
Richarlison hastened to be replaced by Mathys Tel before the break and the new loan signature may not want to remember his first Spurs experience in a hurry.
Gakpo: EFL CUP Top Scores
The task of containing Mohamed Salah is always terrible and the front now has 44 goals and helps in all matches this season, giving him 10 more than any other player in Europe.
It is Gakpo, however, who has shone in the EFL Cup, making the top scorer of the final competition this season to put his side on their way.
Gakpo scored almost a third for Liverpool, when his strike from a corner was overturned by Antonin Kinsky and Ryan Gravenberch hit the other position with a low long range as Tottenham’s hopes faded.
The closest to come was a poisonous son Heung-Min who was shot against the lower side of the cross from a corner when Liverpool had their third, but the repetition of EFL 2007/08-the last big trophy-seeing a distant ambition Until then.
Tottenham is then in action at Aston Villa in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday (5.35 pm GMT). Liverpool travels to Plymouth earlier that day (3pm).
