On paper, it should have been a formality. Liverpool welcomed Southampton Tuesday evening in League Cup, and Arne Slot took the opportunity to tenure Alexander Isak, the major recruit of the end of the transfer window. The Swedish scored his first goal in the colors of the Reds.
The rest was more complicated. Joined with the score by Will Still's men, who play second division, the Champions of England waited for the 84th minute to make the difference thanks to Hugo Ekitike. The French international then removed his jersey, forgetting that he already had a red card, a “unnecessary and stupid” gesture according to his coach, which earned him a red card. But this is not even the worst news of the evening.
Serious injury to Leoni
The tile comes from the injury of Giovanni Leoni, the young Italian defender of Liverpool. Bought 31 million euros this summer, the former Parma player played his first minutes with the Mersey club. It came out on a stretcher, and the verdict is final: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. A big blow for the player and for the Reds, who will lack solution on the bench in central defense.
