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The Reds failed to make two of two against Arsenal this week, falling to the Londoners on penalties after drawing 0-0 in the round of 16 of the Carabao Cup.
Harry Wilson, starting his first competitive match for the club, and Divock Origi missed crucial shots, allowing Mikel Arteta’s men to advance to the quarter-finals despite Liverpool looking the most likely side in normal time. . It is the second time in just over a month that Liverpool have been found failing a penalty shootout against Arsenal after also losing the Community Shield early in the campaign.
While both Wilson and Origi are rumored to be dating due to the arrival of players like Diogo Jota and Takumi Minamino, it was actually another former first-team regular player Xherdan Shaqiri, absent from team of the day, who left, manager Jurgen Klopp hinted strongly after the game, it could be imminent.
“Some are not involved tonight,” the German said in his post-match interview when asked about the Swiss winger.
“It’s the time of year when some things happen in the background and we have to react sometimes and that’s what we did.”
While Sevilla and Roma have been linked to the Swiss winger in the past, there have been no recent updates on clubs conducting firm investigations. A sale would make sense as while the condensed season has prompted Klopp to keep a larger team than he normally prefers, there are still players who would be better off making moves elsewhere before the next transfer deadline. Monday.
Of those that remain, the League Cup was shaping up to be an excellent opportunity for some of the youngsters and the top eleven hopefuls on the team, such as Curtis Jones, Rhys Williams and Minamino, to get competitive minutes under their belt, but time game now will. it must be found elsewhere.
A Herculean effort by Gunners goalkeeper Benrd Leno kept the Reds out, denying players like Jota, Virigl Van Dijk and the excellent Marko Grujic on several occasions.
“I think if there was a winner in the 90 minutes, it should have been us,” Klopp said of the match.
“But we are not in the land of dreams, you have to score and that is what we did not do. But I liked different parts of the game.
“I saw an adequate performance and many things that we want to have on the field. I was good with the game and we would have loved to have won it in the game, since everyone knows that it is difficult in the penalty shootout ”.
