Cody Gakpo sends ‘great’ message to Liverpool fans after Tottenham walloping
Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo took to social media to celebrate their 4-0 League Cup semi-final win over Tottenham on Thursday (February 6).
The 25-year-old scored the opener in the 34th minute as Arne Slot’s side overturned Tottenham’s 1-0 aggregate lead from the first leg with an expert demolition job at Anfield to book their place at Wembley.
Talismanic forward Mohamed Salah doubled Liverpool’s lead from the penalty spot in the 51st minute after Spurs ‘keeper Antonin Kinsky took out Darwin Nunez, an incident that left Tottenham fans raging.
Dominik Szoboszlai capped off a fine performance with a goal to make it 3-0 in the 75th minute before captain Virgil van Dijk rounded off the scoring five minutes later.
Liverpool will face Newcastle in the final on March 16th after their 4-0 aggregate win over Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing Arsenal.
Cody Gakpo stars as Liverpool book place in League Cup final with comeback win
The Dutchman has established himself as a key player under Slot, starting 24 of his 35 games across all competitions, scoring 16 goals, and providing five assists in his 2019 minutes of action.
Gakpo took to Instagram after starring in the win over Tottenham to celebrate, saying: “Psalm 145:3, Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.”
Sitting at the top of the Premier League table, Football Insider revealed Liverpool have every intention of building upon their good season and are eyeing a move for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi.
Tottenham launched a late-window, £70million bid for the Palace skipper as a potential solution to their defensive injury crisis – but saw the offer rejected.
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