Quote from: alegotardo on December 22, 2021, 10:53:34 PM

Quote from: judas on December 22, 2021, 10:47:29 PM

What a performance by Liverpool and Leicester both tonight! After seeing that Leicester improved their advantage to 3-1, I considered it done for them. But Liverpool were having no intention to give up on this game and continued to fight back. They dropped the gap to one in the 68th minute. And in the last minute of the stoppage time, Minamino scored a life saving goal for them. And we went straight to the penalty shoot-outs. The competition was at a high level here also. And Liverpool managed to beat them by 5-4 after the penalties and advanced to the semi final round. But one thing is certain that this is one of the unforgettable games of this cup already now.

In fact I already expected a balanced game, while many punters here believed that Liverpool would win easily, but I would never have imagined that it could be a game as disputed as it was.
With two goals conceded in the first 11 minutes, I believed that all was lost and I just didn't change my bet because I still believed in a draw, I'm glad I didn't.
Minamino's goal in stoppage time was an explosion of emotion.

This is a bit misleading considering Liverpool used mostly kids and reserves in the 1st half. I think Leicester were expected to win with their attacking big guns playing. But instead Leicester blew their chances to advance to the semis with their shambolic defence. They threw away two separate two-goal leads at Anfield on Wednesday to draw their League Cup quarter-final 3-3 with Klopp's Liverpool side, before going onto lose 5-4 on spot kicks. I still don’t understand how Leicester let go of 2 goals margin and eventually lost by penalty. I was expecting Leicester city to make use of the absence of their first team players to win this game. But it now occurs to me that Rodgers has not yet addressed his defense this season.