London: Diogo Jota Double obtained by Liverpool with a 2-0 victory at Arsenal’s comfortable in the second leg of their League Cup semi-finals on Thursday, setting up a battle Wembley against Chelsea.
Arsenal draw 0-0 at Anfield last week despite playing a largely first lead with 10 men after a red card early Granit Xhaka, but all the sweat and hard work in the end do not count anything.
Liverpool, with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Naby Keita is still away on African Nations Cup duty, were under pressure early and Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette about kickwork with a free kick.
But Liverpool flowing move in the 19th minute ended with Jota shot crept inside the post.
Arsenal do not have the confidence after that and Jota securing Liverpool hallway with neat finishing in the 77th minute – initially ruled offside goal but allowed after inspection var.
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Liverpool will be looking for a winning record Ninth League Cup when they face Chelsea who secured their place with a 3-0 aggregate victory over Tottenham Hotspur last week.
“We are really happy, the mood in the dressing room over the moon,” said the Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp.
“The first half Arsenal excited and so did the crowd, but we reassured him.
We scored two beautiful goals.” 💬 “They are amazing …
We want to give them the possibility to travel with us to Wembley and try to lift …
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But Liverpool soon began regarding their stride and the opening goal was the result of real quality.
from deep in the half, Liverpool working on their ball-Trent Alexander Arnold through silk films by Roberto Firmino.
Alexander- Arnold Fed Jota passed in Takehiro Tomiyasu before deceiving Aaron Ramsdale with a shot that rolled slowly to the corner.
Get out of the side of Mikel Arteta and Liverpool looked comfortable after that, though Ladazette did have another chance but destroy their business.
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Arsenal still have hopes to reverse things but it is exhaled when right back Alexander Arnold drift bait to Jota who threw the ball down before thinking about the past Ramsdale smooth.
“Diogo Jota has become a fantastic player, the numbers speak for themselves,” said the Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk.
“He is very important, he has shown from last year and striker / winger difficult to challenge.
I know that from training.
He has risen again tonight.”
Double Jota Brings Liverpool to the Final League Cup vs Chelsea
