Liverpool secured their passage to the quarter-finals of this season’s Carabao Cup, following a hard-fought display against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
Cody Gakpo had fired the Reds ahead before Justin Kluivert pulled one back for the hosts. Darwin Nunez then produced a moment of magic to win the tie for Jurgen Klopp’s side, setting up a last-eight clash with West Ham United in the process.
With stormy conditions present throughout the encounter on the south coast, Liverpool can already start to dream of another repeat of their success back in 2021, with fellow Merseysiders Everton also still involved in the competition at this stage.
Plenty of media reaction followed the Reds’ most recent victory, as Klopp’s side battled well in testing conditions. Scroll down to see what they made of the victory…
‘A moment of such brilliance’
Matt Barlow of the Daily Mail wrote: There was a brief spell on the south coast when the squalls of Storm Ciaran made conditions so freakish and filthy that Liverpool’s quest to win this competition for a tenth time appeared set to become collateral damage.
Bournemouth’s in-swinging corners were threatening to whip straight into the net while attempted clearances swirled high into the sky, held up and blew back from whence they came in comical fashion.
Justin Kluivert had wiped out Cody Gakpo’s opener, and the home side were pushing on, wind-assisted, looking capable and confident of scoring a second and taking the lead until Darwin Nunez produced a moment of such brilliance it seemed to changed the weather.
Nunez was forced wide to the left as a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold escaped him but the change of angle worked in his favour as he chopped back inside onto his right foot and unleashed a ferocious strike.
It curled, dipped and deceived goalkeeper Andrei Radu and secured his team a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
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