West Ham United's Carabao Cup journey came to an end at the third-round stage at the hands of Liverpool, who came from behind to earn a 5-1 victory under the Anfield lights.
Roared on by nearly 6,000 travelling supporters, the Hammers took the lead on Merseyside when Jarell Quansah diverted the ball into his own net midway through the first half, only for the Reds to level within four minutes through Diogo Jota’s header.
The visitors then had a penalty appeal turned down when Carlos Soler’s flick hit Joe Gomez’s arm, before Jota slotted Liverpool in front. Soler and Maximilian Kilman then saw shots kept out by Caoimhin Kelleher before a second penalty appeal was refused by referee Andy Madley after Vladimír Coufal’s cross hit Konstantinos Tsimikas.
Mohamed Salah then settled the tie with 16 minutes to go by slamming high past Łukasz Fabiański and, after Edson Álvarez had been sent-off for the second of two bookable offences, Cody Gakpo gave the final scoreline a one-sided appearance with two late goals.
Watch highlights from the game in the video player above.
