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 | | Swansea dethrone Liverpool for the League Cup1.11.2012 |
Swansea team brought one of the biggest surprises in the quarterfinal round of the League Cup in England, knocking Liverpool who holds the record for most titles in the race.
"The Swans" by Michael Laudrup were compelling and beat with 3:1 not anywhere else, but at the mythical "Anfield" in Liverpool. The manager of the "reds" Brendan Rogers, who came to Liverpool precisely from Swansea, bet on players, on which relied less in the championship, which however played a bad to him joke.
Chico Flores opened for the guests in the 34th minute of the match, which was the only goal in the first half. Rogers made on the break two shifts in his composition, dropping the team's two stars Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez. However, Swansea scored their second goal of the match after a perfect counterattack. In the 72nd minute Nathan Dyer rose to 2:0. Four minutes later Liverpool returned into the match with a goal from Luis Suarez.
In the final minutes the hosts threw vabank in the forefront, but had no idea how to implement. Instead that, the guests took advantage of the free space in the "reds" defense and in the last minute of the game scored his third goal to shape the final 3:1. Shape the final outcome de Guzman.
In another match of this round, Norwich also surprised throwing Tottenham after 2:1. "Canaries" was imposed after a goal by Jackson and an own goal from Vertongen London team. Both goals for the hosts came within just two minutes - from 85 th to 87 th, and Gareth Bale were found for the Spurs in the 66th minute of the match.
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