Liverpool guaranteed that they will remain top of the Premier League table by the time they return to top-flight action following the Carabao Cup final having produced a scintillating second-half comeback to thwart Luton.
Chiedozie Ogbene’s 12th-minute header against the run of play in Wednesday night’s rearranged fixture had the plucky Hatters on track for a first-ever win at Anfield that would have moved them out of the relegation zone and three points clear of danger, the Republic of Ireland winger helping to capitalise on a sluggish and disjointed first half from a depleted Reds side missing Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez as well as the likes of Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alisson Becker, among others.
