Liverpool FC and team manager Jürgen Klopp have confidently reached the semi-finals of the English League Cup. In the round of the last eight, the Reds beat West Ham United 5-1 (1-0) at home and thus completed the semi-finals.
Chelsea FC, Fulham FC and Middlesbrough FC had previously made it to the semi-finals, which will be played in the return leg in January.
Ex-Leipzig player Dominik Szoboszlai (28th), Curtis Jones (56th/84th), Cody Gakpo (71st) and Mo Salah (82nd) scored for the record winner of the competition (nine titles). Jarrod Bowen (77th) shortened the game for the Hammers, where 27-time German international Thilo Kehrer came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.