With penalties, Arsenal knock out Liverpool with the Carabao Cup

Arsenal qualified for the 8th round of the Carabao Cup, after defeating Liverpool by penalty kicks 5-4, after the end of normal time with a goalless draw.

Liverpool managed to pass the first round by beating Lincoln City with seven to two goals, while Arsenal beat Leicester City with two clean goals.

Mohamed Salah, the Reds’ star, played from the start of the match, while Al-Nani came as a substitute during the second half.

Liverpool started the match with the following formation: Adrian – Nico Williams – Reese Williams – Van Dyck – Milner – Grojic – Jones – Wilson – Minamino – Salah – Jota

Arsenal started the match with the following formation: Lino – Cedric – Holding – Gabriel – Kolasinak – Ceballos – Willock – Chaka – Pepe – Nektah – Saka

Match details:

Arsenal almost took the lead in the first minutes, but the players transferred the ball, until it reached Pepi on the borders of the 6-yard area, to be dealt with by Adrian.

Then he owned Liverpool in the midfield, and he posed a danger to Arsenal’s goal, and in the last minutes of the first half, Jota got a free kick on the borders of the penalty area, amid objections from the Reds players, demanding that the referee count it as a penalty kick.

Williams passed a cross in stoppage time around a header, but Lino blocked it, to return to Minamino, who hit it directly, but hit the crossbar to keep the result a goalless draw in the first half.

Klopp made the second half substitution by going down Gomez and Origi instead of Salah and Van Dyck, while Arteta paid Mohamed Elnni instead of Ceballos.

The match ended in a goalless draw, and the match went to a penalty shootout.

He scored for Liverpool Milner, Vinaldome, Minamino, Jones, and lost Origi and Williams, while he scored for Arsenal Lacazette, Jones, Mitland Nils and Pepe while he lost the Nene, so the Janners qualified for the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.