""I was so excited to help the team achieve another victory here in our home for my first Carabao Cup match. The emotion got the better of me. My apologies to all the Red family. Thanks to the fans who always support us and to my team-mates for this victory!""
""Maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned but I did score a few goals - not at his level but I did - and if I went past three players and put it in the top corner then maybe you can say 'this is all about me'. "But if I scored a goal like he did tonight, I would turn to Chiesa and say 'it's about you Federico - great assist, great run and I didn't have to do a lot'. Maybe that's me being old-school.""
Alexander Isak's goalscoring arrival coincided with Hugo Ekitike scoring an 85th-minute winner as Liverpool progressed to the Carabao Cup fourth round. Ekitike removed his shirt in celebration despite already having a yellow card, earning a second booking, a sending-off and a suspension for the Premier League trip to Crystal Palace. Ekitike apologised on social media, saying the emotion got the better of him and thanking fans and teammates. Manager Arne Slot criticised the celebration as unnecessary and 'stupid', praised Federico Chiesa's assist, and noted the suspension is an unfortunate consequence amid competition for starting places.
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