Klopp finally fills the Salah void but Fulham create enough to spark hope | Jamie Jackson

Klopp finally fills the Salah void but Fulham create enough to spark hope | Jamie Jackson

A double substitution led to Liverpool’s 2-1 win yet the visitors can draw on spirit of 2010 before the Carabao Cup second leg

How do you replaceΒ 204 goals in 332 games? The JΓΌrgen Klopp way was to wait until the 56th minute and throw on Cody Gakpo and Darwin NΓΊΓ±ez to fill the void left by Mohamed Salah.

It worked as a quarter of an hour later Liverpool had transformed a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory, the Gakpo-NΓΊΓ±ez combo crafting the winner. Yet until their introduction this semi-final first leg against Fulham was the oddest of tales.

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