English Carabao Cup

FT Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Anfield · 59,518 att.

Match Report

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Isak scores 1st Liverpool goal, Ekitike sees red after winner

Alexander Isak scored his first goal for Liverpool but it required a late effort from Hugo Ekitike to beat Southampton 2-1 in the Carabao Cup.

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Highlights

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Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Giorgi MamardashviliG
  2. 2Joe GomezCD-L
  3. 15Giovanni LeoniCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 30Jeremie FrimpongRB
  6. 42Trey NyoniAM
  7. 17Curtis JonesLM
  8. 3Wataru EndoRM
  9. 9Alexander IsakF
  10. 73Rio NgumohaAM-L
  11. 14Federico ChiesaAM-R

SOU · 5-4-1

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 15Nathan WoodCD
  3. 17Joshua QuarshieCD-L
  4. 12Ronnie EdwardsCD-R
  5. 3Ryan ManningLB
  6. 38Elias JelertRB
  7. 4Flynn DownesCM-L
  8. 20Caspar JanderCM-R
  9. 13Léo ScienzaLM
  10. 9Adam ArmstrongRM
  11. 19Cameron ArcherF

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 0. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
  2. 45' Cameron Archer (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké replaces Alexander Isak.
  4. 51' Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Caspar Jander because of an injury.
  5. 51' Substitution, Southampton. Damion Downs replaces Cameron Archer.
  6. 53' Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 57' Substitution, Liverpool. Conor Bradley replaces Curtis Jones.
  8. 62' Substitution, Southampton. Jay Robinson replaces Léo Scienza.
  9. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. Jayden Danns replaces Rio Ngumoha.
  10. 76' Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 1. Shea Charles (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Joshua Quarshie with a through ball following a corner.
  11. 81' Substitution, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez replaces Giovanni Leoni because of an injury.
  12. 85' Goal! Liverpool 2, Southampton 1. Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
  13. 86' Second yellow card to Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) for excessive celebration.
  14. 88' Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Ronnie Edwards.
  15. 88' Substitution, Southampton. Tom Fellows replaces Elias Jelert.
  16. 90'+2' Ryan Manning (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.

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