By 
Leicester City of England midfielder, Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho felt the pain of penalties in their Carabao Cup clash with Liverpool, as their side went crashing out despite being forced to a 3-3 draw at Anfield.
Ndidi played 90 minutes and Iheanacho got off The Foxes’ bench in the second half, while Ademola Lookman was benched all night, as Liverpool relied on a very late equaliser to force the tie into a lottery of the shootout.
Megasportsarena.com reports that Iheanacho’s 71st minute entry into the fray fell to naught, as Liverpool mounted a stunning last-minute comeback before beating Leicester on penalties to reach the semi-finals.
The Reds, with 10 changes from the side which drew at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, were cut apart at will before half-time with Jamie Vardy on target twice in four minutes (9, 13) and denied a hat-trick by the width of the post.
An Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain strike kept Liverpool in the game early on (19) before James Maddison’s 25-yard stunner restored the Foxes’ two-goal advantage (33).
Three half-time changes turned the balance of the game in the hosts’ favour with Diogo Jota, James Milner and Ibrahima Konate introduced, and midway through the second period Jota’s smart finish gave the Reds hope from Takumi Minamino’s perfect tee-up.
Another 20 minutes of incessant Liverpool pressure appeared insufficient to keep their cup dream alive – until Minamino pulled them level in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to take the tie to penalties.
After six perfect spot-kicks, Luke Thomas’ tame effort was kept out by Caoimhin Kelleher, but with the chance to send the Reds through Minamino blasted the hosts’ fifth penalty against the bar.
Kelleher again leapt to deny Ryan Bertrand, Jota made no mistake in sudden death, sending Liverpool into the last four to face Arsenal and leaving Leicester to ponder how victory slipped from their grasp.
Comments