Lewis Koumas Driven by Liverpool Hunger After Tottenham Display
Lewis Koumas has made his point quickly this season. Four first-team appearances, a Player of the Match display in Liverpool’s Carabao Cup third-round win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, and a growing sense that Andoni Iraola trusts him.
That matters. At Liverpool, academy players do not get...
Liverpool v Chelsea Confirmed in Carabao Cup Fourth Round Draw
Liverpool will face Chelsea at Anfield in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, with the draw handing Andoni Iraola’s side a high-profile home tie.
There is no dressing this up as anything other than a serious test. Chelsea are one of the stronger sides left...
Joe Gomez Return Gives Iraola Timely Liverpool Boost After Injury Layoff
Joe Gomez’s evening against Tottenham Hotspur lasted only 45 minutes, but for Liverpool and Andoni Iraola, that was precisely the point.
After spending the opening weeks of the season recovering from the injury he sustained during pre-season, Gomez returned to the starting line-up in Liverpool’s...
Alexis Mac Allister emerges as Liverpool’s first-choice midfielder
Liverpool’s search for midfield balance has produced plenty of questions, but Alexis Mac Allister is beginning to look like the answer around which the others should be arranged.
His performance against Tottenham offered the most visible evidence. A goal and an assist supplied the headline contribution, yet the...
Cody Gakpo’s Liverpool Revival Under Andoni Iraola Leaves Tottenham Ruing Missed Move
Cody Gakpo’s resurgence is quickly becoming one of the most important early storylines of Liverpool’s season, with the Liverpool Echo highlighting how differently things might have turned out. Had Tottenham got their wish, the Dutch forward would have been lining up for the...
Trey Nyoni pushes for Liverpool start after impressive midfield audition
There comes a point when a young player stops looking like someone being given an opportunity and starts looking like someone offering a solution. Trey Nyoni moved towards that territory with his performance in Liverpool’s Carabao Cup victory over Tottenham.
It was not simply his composure...
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham: Gakpo and Koumas salute Carabao Cup progress at Anfield
Anfield has a way of demanding conviction from those who step onto its turf, and Liverpool gave it in abundance in a 3-1 Carabao Cup win over Tottenham. There was intensity, there was composure and, when the moment required it, there was the...
Liverpool 3–1 Tottenham – EFL Cup Post-Match Report
By Steven Smith
Liverpool returned to winning ways at Anfield with a deserved 3–1 victory over Tottenham in the fourth round of the EFL Cup, with Andoni Iraola making several changes and handing opportunities to several younger players. some frustration of a draw with Fulham, a reaction was...
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham - EFL Cup Man of the Match
Cody Gakpo
Liverpool FC
Cody Gakpo is starting to look like a completely different player under Andoni Iraola.
The Dutch international was once again at the heart of everything good Liverpool produced against Tottenham, contributing to all three goals as the Reds secured a 3–1 victory at Anfield...
Liverpool 3 - 1 Tottenham - EFL Cup Player Ratings
The EFL Cup return saw the Reds host Spurs as both sides fight for domestic form and a return to form.
The lineup and subsequent ratings are listed below.
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Giorgi Mamardashvili - 8.0
The giant Georgian stopper was superb early on as a smart save kept the scores...