Kostas Tsimikas was among the many queue of Liverpool gamers lining as much as laud Cody Gakpo after the latter’s brace within the 3-2 win over Brighton on Wednesday night time.
The 25-year-old opened the scoring simply after half-time with a rocket of a shot which gave Jason Steele no likelihood, and he later doubled his private tally and his workforce’s lead within the 63rd minute to make it 4 objectives in two Carabao Cup matches already this season.
The Netherlands ahead took to social media after the match to offer because of the next energy, posting a couple of photographs from the sport on Instagram together with the caption: ‘When 𝗚𝗼𝗱 has a plan for you, nobody can cease it’.
Tsimikas was amongst plenty of Gakpo’s Liverpool teammates to point out their appreciation within the replies to that put up, with the Greek defender summing up the sentiments of each Reds supporter by saying to our quantity 18: ‘Thanks’.
Can Gakpo switch Carabao Cup kind to different competitions?
It attest to the energy that Arne Slot has in assault that the Dutch winger has began solely two matches within the Premier League to date this season, with Luis Diaz usually most well-liked on the left flank.
Gakpo has nonetheless appeared in every of Liverpool’s 14 matches below the brand new boss, with all 4 of his objectives coming within the Carabao Cup (Transfermarkt).
Regardless of that statistical anomaly, he’s regarded sharp and energetic on the wing in current weeks, and it’d be near-impossible to drop him once we play Brighton once more on Saturday – Tariq Lamptey definitely received’t need to come up in opposition to him any time quickly!
The platform is definitely there for the 25-year-old to construct upon that match-winning show on the Amex Stadium and make himself an automated choice in Slot’s most well-liked XI for Premier League video games.
You possibly can view Gakpo’s put up and the varied replies under, by way of codymathesgakpo on Instagram:
