Carabao Cup: Liverpool fight back to win quarter-final epic 4-3 on penalties against Leicester City
Liverpool beat Leicester 4-3 on penalties in an epic Carabao Cup quarter-final after Takumi Minamino struck a last-gasp equaliser to make it 3-3 at full-time.
Jamie Vardy scored twice in the opening 13 minutes to give the Foxes a lead and then after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fired in a goal for the hosts, James Maddison hammered home from 25 yards just after the half-hour mark.
Vardy was inches away from putting the game beyond doubt and completing a hat-trick before the interval when he hit the post with stand-in goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher beaten.
Diogo Jota came on at halftime for the largely second-string Reds outfit and scored to reduce the deficit to one.
Liverpool's possession dominance paid off to force extra-time as Minamino scored a dramatic equaliser deep into stoppage time.
The game went straight to a penalty shoot-out and it was Luke Thomas who missed Leicester's fourth penalty which looked decisive, but Minamino smashed Liverpool's fifth against the crossbar.
However, Ryan Bertrand then missed his spot-kick, paving the way for Jota to slot home and sent Liverpool to the semi-finals.