Ratings of Liverpool Players as they Stage a Comeback in Carabao Cup against Leicester City

Liverpool are into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup for the fifth successive season after coming from behind to beat a plucky Leicester City team at Anfield on Wednesday night.

A thunderous strike from substitute Dominik Szoboszlai was ultimately the difference between the two sides after Leicester had taken a surprise early lead through Kasey McAteer. Cody Gakpo equalised soon after half-time, with Diogo Jota getting a Liverpool third near the end.

Liverpool were caught cold in the first few minutes when McAteer gave Leicester the shock lead. Kostas Tsimikas was punished for losing possession and the Foxes broke with lethal impact as Yunus Akgun put the goalscorer through one on one with Caoimhin Kelleher.

From there, the first half was one way traffic as the heavily rotated home side set about getting back into the game - the Leicester goal was fully peppered with attempts. Notably, in a flurry of chances from corners, youngsters Ben Doak and Jarell Quansah both had shots saved, before Doak also hit the bar. Conor Coady was then in the thick of it, clearing one off the line to deny his boyhood club.

Gakpo had a few attempts saved in the opening 45 minutes, but ultimately Liverpool, for all their dominance, didn't do enough to test Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk.

It took the Reds only a few minutes of shooting towards the Kop after the interval to get back on terms. It was the double Dutch combination as Ryan Gravenberch managed to slip the ball through to Gakpo, who spun and fired low into the bottom corner with chance for Stolarczyk.

Liverpool somehow didn't take the lead as the game neared the hour mark, with the Leicester goal living a charmed life as Gakpo's header bounced down off the crossbar onto the line and out.

Seeking a winner, Jurgen Klopp flexed his squad depth by bringing on £145m duo Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez with just under half an hour to play. It was the former who made the big difference almost immediately, afforded too much space from a Leicester perspective and unleashing an absolutely screamer that threatened to burst the net when it hit.

The Foxes appealed for a late penalty when substitute Abdul Fatawu appeared to be upended in the box, but with no VAR in this competition until the latter stages there could be no second look after it wasn't given in real time. Moments later, fellow sub Wilfred Ndidi also threatened to dance his way through the middle until Stefan Bajcetic got just enough of a toe on the ball before a shot came.

Liverpool made extra sure of the win late on when Quansah chased down a ball out wide and drove into the box, for his pass to be nonchalantly flicked in by Jota's heel. There was even still time for one more huge chance, but Harvey Elliott's goal-bound shot was blocked on the line by Coady.