After the stalemate came the slaughter. Liverpool, the model of frustration having been held by Manchester United on Sunday, cruised into the semi-finals of the League Cup for a record 19th time with an emphatic destruction of West Ham at Anfield. David Moyes’ visitors were abysmal, their defending a disgrace in the second half, but they were driven to submission by a superb Liverpool display.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s spectacular opener set the tone for a rampant home victory in which Curtis Jones also excelled with two goals, Mohamed Salah came off the bench to take his usual place on the scoresheet and Cody Gakpo also breached Alphonse Areola’s non-existent defence. Moyes’ wait for a first win at Anfield extends to 21 games, and he never had any hope of arresting that sorry sequence.
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