English Carabao Cup

Liverpool vs West Ham United, 2023-24 English Carabao Cup, Quarterfinals

· English Carabao Cup
Liverpool
  • 28': Dominik Szoboszlai
  • 56': Curtis Jones
  • 71': Cody Gakpo
  • 82': Mohamed Salah
  • 84': Curtis Jones
FT
5 - 1
West Ham United
  • 77': Jarrod Bowen

Liverpool rout West Ham to sail into Carabao Cup semifinals

Curtis Jones scored twice and Liverpool booked a record 19th appearance in the League Cup semi-finals with a 5-1 thrashing of West Ham United on Wednesday, claiming the last of four berths.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
  • 3': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
  • 3': Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Edson Álvarez (West Ham United).
  • 4': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
  • 7': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
  • 13': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai following a fast break.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
  • 17': Hand ball by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
  • 18': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
  • 24': Foul by Tomás Soucek (West Ham United).
  • 24': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ben Johnson.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai following a corner.
  • 28': Goal! Liverpool 1, West Ham United 0. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jarell Quansah.
  • 30': Delay in match (Liverpool).
  • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 30': Offside, West Ham United. Mohammed Kudus is caught offside.
  • 32': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
  • 37': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ben Johnson.
  • 37': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a cross.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, West Ham United 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, West Ham United 0.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
  • 47': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tomás Soucek.
  • 47': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
  • 49': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Jarell Quansah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
  • 52': Foul by Ben Johnson (West Ham United).
  • 52': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Kostas Tsimikas.
  • 54': Offside, West Ham United. Saïd Benrahma is caught offside.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
  • 56': Goal! Liverpool 2, West Ham United 0. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez with a through ball.
  • 57': Substitution, West Ham United. Lucas Paquetá replaces Saïd Benrahma.
  • 58': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
  • 58': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
  • 59': Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
  • 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Wataru Endo.
  • 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Ibrahima Konaté replaces Virgil van Dijk.
  • 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  • 62': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Jarell Quansah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 65': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
  • 65': Offside, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah is caught offside.
  • 67': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Foul by Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United).
  • 69': Substitution, Liverpool. Conor Bradley replaces Kostas Tsimikas.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conor Bradley with a through ball.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
  • 71': Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 0. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ibrahima Konaté.
  • 72': Substitution, West Ham United. James Ward-Prowse replaces Mohammed Kudus.
  • 72': Substitution, West Ham United. Thilo Kehrer replaces Vladimír Coufal.
  • 73': Foul by Conor Bradley (Liverpool).
  • 73': Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Foul by Edson Álvarez (West Ham United).
  • 74': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ben Johnson.
  • 76': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
  • 76': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 77': Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 1. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ben Johnson with a through ball.
  • 78': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Cody Gakpo.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Joe Gomez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 79': Offside, West Ham United. Thilo Kehrer is caught offside.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 81': Substitution, West Ham United. Danny Ings replaces Edson Álvarez.
  • 82': Goal! Liverpool 4, West Ham United 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 83': Foul by Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
  • 83': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Goal! Liverpool 5, West Ham United 1. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 88': Foul by Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
  • 88': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
  • 90': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
  • 90': Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Joe Gomez.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ben Johnson.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tomás Soucek.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liverpool 5, West Ham United 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Liverpool 5, West Ham United 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
2 Corner Kicks 12
6 Saves 0
33.4 Possession 66.6
2 SHOTS 29
1 ON GOAL 11
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
218 Accurate Passes 525
304 Passes 596
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 6
6 Crosses 27
0.2 Cross % 0.2
69 Long Balls 58
25 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 4
7 Effective Tackles 9
10 Tackles 19
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 5
42 Effective Clearances 6
42 Clearances 6

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 57,332

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
62 Caoimhín Kelleher (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
78 Jarell Quansah
21 Kostas Tsimikas
2 Joe Gomez
3 Wataru Endo
17 Curtis Jones
8 Dominik Szoboszlai
18 Cody Gakpo
9 Darwin Núñez
19 Harvey Elliott
Liverpool Substitutes:
James McConnell, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konaté, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bobby Clark, Kaide Gordon, Mohamed Salah, Adrián, Luis Díaz.

WHU West Ham United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Alphonse Areola (GK)
21 Angelo Ogbonna
15 Konstantinos Mavropanos
2 Ben Johnson
5 Vladimír Coufal
8 Pablo Fornals
19 Edson Álvarez Yellow Card
28 Tomás Soucek
20 Jarrod Bowen
22 Saïd Benrahma
14 Mohammed Kudus
West Ham United Substitutes:
Emerson, Divin Mubama, Aaron Cresswell, Lukasz Fabianski, James Ward-Prowse, Danny Ings, Lucas Paquetá, Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma.

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