Liverpool came from behind to beat Leicester in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, with Kasey McAteer giving the Foxes an early lead before goals from Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Diogo Jota wrapping up a 3-1 win
Liverpool were once again forced to come from behind to beat Leicester in the Carabao Cup, but manager Jurgen Klopp was quick to downplay the worrying trend and instead praised his players for the way they responded to the early setback.
The Reds have won seven games in all competitions so far this season and have conceded the first goal in five of them, all within the first 25 minutes. It was Kasey McAteer who gave Leicester an early lead after just three minutes, before Liverpool fought back with second-half goals from Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Diogo Jota wrapping up a 3-1 win.
Reflecting on the victory, Klopp predicted the early goal they conceded would be a “headline” moment, but insisted he was not too concerned. “That will probably be kind of a headline a little bit that we are again 1-0 down, but again a completely different goal to all the others,” he said.
“I’m not sure if it was a foul or not, looked for us obviously like a foul, Kosti (Kostas Tsimikas) felt it was a foul. Could we have defended them better in the first moment? Maybe yes.