Liverpool sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Preston North End on Wednesday evening.
The hosts went close to breaking the deadlock in the first half at Deepdale, but were denied by a combination of Adrian and Neco Williams on the line during a frenzied passage of play.
Preston gave plenty for the Reds’ defence to consider in the opening hour, though it was the visitors who took the lead on 62 minutes when Takumi Minamino darted in front of a defender and directed Williams’ centre across goal and into the far corner.