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Origi on target as Liverpool make League Cup fourth round

Liverpool's Japanese midfielder Takumi Minamino (left) congratulates Liverpool's Belgium striker Divock Origi after he scored his team's seventh goal during their English League Cup third round match against Lincoln City at the LNER Stadium in Lincoln, north-east of England, on September 24, 2020. Liverpool won 7-2.

Photo credit: Peter Powell | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Liverpool will face Arsenal twice at Anfield in three days next week after Jurgen Klopp's much-changed side hit Lincoln for seven with Takumi Minamino and Curtis Jones both scoring twice.
  • Xherdan Shaqiri opened the floodgates with a brilliant free-kick that clipped the underside of the bar.

London

Holders Manchester City needed a Phil Foden goal 15 minutes from time to see off Bournemouth 2-1 and reach the fourth round of the League Cup, while Liverpool ran riot in a 7-2 win at Lincoln on Thursday.