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The Guardian - UK
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Scott Murray

Liverpool 2-1 Fulham: Carabao Cup semi-final first leg – as it happened

Cody Gakpo of Liverpool celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the League Cup semi-final first leg against Fulham.
Cody Gakpo celebrates with Darwin Nunez after his tidy finish gave Liverpool the lead against Fulham. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images

Andy Hunter was at Anfield tonight. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.

Jurgen Klopp’s turn. “I’m not sure [Conor Bradley] will make it home tonight, he may fall asleep in the dressing room … what a boy, a wonderful fantastic character … a real talent, top potential, everybody loves him … it was a great game … super hard, super tough … first half we caused ourselves some problems against really compact defending … no fluidity … we had to change that … in the second half they had big counter-attacking chances so we had to reorganise protection … but then we scored and it was fine … it was not our best game … but we are human beings … it was too slow and we had to change that … in the second half it was a proper all-round Liverpool performance … it is half-time, good, now we go there … we need a really good game at Fulham and we need a result … but for now, after the press conference, I will not think of all these things!”

… and off he goes for a mid-season break.

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