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League Cup 2016: Tuesday’s EFL Cup Scores, Results for Quarter-Final Ties
- Updated: November 29, 2016
Liverpool and Hull City became the first teams to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2016-17 EFL Cup, winning their quarter-final matches on Tuesday.
Divock Origi gave the Reds the lead in their win over Leeds, and Ben Woodburn put the final score on the board, becoming the youngest scorer in a competitive match in Liverpool history, per BBC Sport.
In Hull, the Tigers needed penalties to overcome Newcastle United.
Here’s a look at Tuesday’s results and the matches still to be played:
Recap
Fans hoping for some cup magic and two exciting matches probably didn’t like what they saw during the first 45 minutes of both contests. Bleacher Report UK summed it up like this:
Half-time in the #EFLCup: Liverpool 0-0 Leeds UnitedHull City 0-0 Newcastle United pic.twitter.com/ZCfxk0scbQ
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) November 29, 2016
Leeds nearly took a shock lead at Anfield early, with Hadi Sacko finding himself one-on-one with Simon Mignolet, but the Belgian came out on top.
The hosts showed flashes, and Georginio Wijnaldum almost finished off a superb attacking move, with Marco Silvestri making a heroic last-ditch save. Origi made a great block to deny a shooting chance after Mignolet was caught out of position, and Emre Can pushed a shot just wide after a defensive blunder.
The midfielder did not make a great impression on Bleacher Report’s Karl Matchett in the first half:
Emre Can needs to get himself sorted. Poor decisions, too slow, inaccurate.
— Karl Matchett …
