Liverpool survive shoot-out marathon
26 Sept 2014 5:13 AM IST
Liverpool reached the English League Cup last 16 after an extraordinary third round tie saw them beat second-tier Middlesbrough 14-13 in a penalty shoot-out on Tuesday, while Southampton knocked Arsenal out of the competition.
Both goalkeepers scored in a shoot-out at Anfield where all 22 players still on the field took spot-kicks before Middlesbrough’s Albert Adomah fired wide to ensure eight-times League Cup winners Liverpool’s victory.
Earlier, 17-year-old striker Jordan Rossiter marked his Liverpool debut with a 10th-minute goal before Adam Reach equalised just after the hour. The sides remained locked 1-1 until end of normal time. It seemed Liverpool substitute Suso had done enough to give the home side victory with a 109th-minute goal that made it 2-1. But with virtually the last kick of extra-time, Boro’s Patrick Bamford scored from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Kolo Toure in the box.
That led to a remarkable 30 more penalties in the shoot-out. Earlier, Southampton, second in the Premier League, came from behind to win 2-1 away to top-flight rivals Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made 10 changes to the side that beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League last weekend but when Alexis Sanchez put the Gunners 1-0 up with a superb 14th-minute free-kick, it seemed the home side were on their way to victory.
But the Gunners, with Saints old boy Calum Chambers the sole survivor from the Villa victory, were pegged back by Dusan Tadic’s penalty six minutes later. Southampton’s Nathaniel Clyne then scored what turned out to be the winning goal with a blockbuster 35-yard strike five minutes before half-time. Saints squandered several chances but did enough to knock Arsenal out of the tournament.
Both goalkeepers scored in a shoot-out at Anfield where all 22 players still on the field took spot-kicks before Middlesbrough’s Albert Adomah fired wide to ensure eight-times League Cup winners Liverpool’s victory.
Earlier, 17-year-old striker Jordan Rossiter marked his Liverpool debut with a 10th-minute goal before Adam Reach equalised just after the hour. The sides remained locked 1-1 until end of normal time. It seemed Liverpool substitute Suso had done enough to give the home side victory with a 109th-minute goal that made it 2-1. But with virtually the last kick of extra-time, Boro’s Patrick Bamford scored from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Kolo Toure in the box.
That led to a remarkable 30 more penalties in the shoot-out. Earlier, Southampton, second in the Premier League, came from behind to win 2-1 away to top-flight rivals Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made 10 changes to the side that beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League last weekend but when Alexis Sanchez put the Gunners 1-0 up with a superb 14th-minute free-kick, it seemed the home side were on their way to victory.
But the Gunners, with Saints old boy Calum Chambers the sole survivor from the Villa victory, were pegged back by Dusan Tadic’s penalty six minutes later. Southampton’s Nathaniel Clyne then scored what turned out to be the winning goal with a blockbuster 35-yard strike five minutes before half-time. Saints squandered several chances but did enough to knock Arsenal out of the tournament.
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