Holder of the Carabao Cup, Liverpool was eliminated last night by arch rival Manchester City after a 3-2 victory. Manchester City booked a quarter-final spot following their victory and will play Southampton for a semi-final spot.
In the blockbuster encounter which ended 1-1 in the first half, City’s goal machine Erling Haaland scored in the 10th minute to give City an early lead. Carvalho neutralized his goal 10 minutes later on.
During the second half Riyad Marhez scored in the 47th minute of the game and Mohamed Salah equalized for Liverpool making the game to be 2-2.
In the 58th minute, Ake gave City the lead of 3-2.
Pep Guardiola hails Kelvin Debruyne, who made two classic assists in the game.
“Kevin has been here eight years. He just sometimes needs to find the right fire inside himself, you know, to be a little bit, I would say, I don’t know, grumpy or upset to play his best.
“He had to put the energy inside of him. When this happens, what a player. The runs, the fight, assists, score goals. He is a model player.
“I know it’s not easy to find every three days this consistency, but in the important games, like today was, it has something inside say: ‘I’m going to do it, I’m going to be contact, I’m going to fight.’ When this happens, it’s Mr Kevin De Bruyne.
“What can I say? Eight years has done everything for this club. He is absolute legend. He will be remembered forever one of the greatest, greatest, greatest players of all-time for this club.”
