Get Rid Of West Ham In The Quarter-Finals Of The Carabao Cup, Liverpool Directly Aims For Arsenal

Liverpool forward Dominik Szoboszlai celebrated a goal in the match against West Ham United at the Carabao Cup. (X/@LFC)

JAKARTA - Liverpol advanced to the Carabao Cup semifinals after beating West Ham United 5-1 in the quarter-final match at Anfield Stadium, Thursday, December 21 in the morning WIB. After a big win, Liverpool immediately took aim at Arsenal in a big match on the weekend.

Liverpool performed optimally in the match against West Ham. After picking up unsatisfactory results while being held 0-0 by Manchester United in The Northwest Derby in the English Premier League, Liverpool vented it in the Carabao Cup or English League Cup.

West Ham became a victim of Liverpool's massacre. In that match, young midfielder Total Jones bought up two of the Reds' winning goals.

This big win is Liverpool's good capital in domestic competitions. They again met the next member of the 'big six', Arsenal, December 24, 2023 evening WIB.

The match against the Gunners at home is fighting for the top position. Because Liverpool are only one point adrift of Arsenal, who are currently at the top of the standings.

In the duel against West Ham in the League Cup, Jurgen Klopp's manager did not field the best squad. The big match against Arsenal made Klopp choose to rotate the players. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker did not appear in that match and was replaced by Caoimhin Kelher. While the other pillar players such as Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah did not play full or were just fielded in the second half.

Even so, The Pool is still more powerful for West Ham. In that match, Dominik Szoboszlai's forward opened Liverpool's victory party with his goal in the 28th minute.

Only after that goal, Liverpool seemed to have a deadlock. No more dangerous attacks against the Hammers. The 1-0 score lasted until the end of the first half.

Entering the second half, Liverpool's aggressiveness could no longer be blocked by West Ham. Jones increased his advantage after scoring a goal in the 56th minute. He made good use of Darwin Nunez's assist.

Furthermore, Cody Gakpo confirmed the advantage of the host to 3-0. He completed a mature pass from French defender Ibrahima Konate who entered to replace Van Dijk.

West Ham had a chance to reduce the lag when Jarrod Bowen broke into Liverpool's goal after welcoming assist Ben Johnson in the 77th minute. Go changed the score to 3-1.

However, David Moyes' troops could no longer hold back the hosts. Instead of adding goals, Alphonse Areola's goal conceded again.

This time, Salah completed Liverpool's victory. He met a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 82nd minute.

Two minutes later, Jones closed Liverpool's goal party. Alexander-Arnold again made the assist that Jones completed and ended the match with a score of 5-1.