Liverpool progressed in the Carabao Cup with a 3-1 win over Leicester City.

The hosts suffered a nightmare start as Kasey McAteer swept home an opener after just three minutes from Kostas Tsimikas being dispossessed.

But Cody Gakpo restored parity early into the second half with a shot on the turn to restore parity as Jurgen Klopp’s side renewed their ascendancy.

Substitute Dominik Szoboszlai finally gave the Reds the lead in the final 20 minutes with a stunning long-range effort that cannoned in off the crossbar.

Diogo Jota adde a third in the closing stages of normal time with a clever backheel to beat Jakub Stolarczyk after Jarell Quansah had teed him up.

Klopp’s side now face a trip to Bournemouth in next month’s fourth round.

Here were the key talking points from Anfield:

Klopp’s cavalry get the job done

Behind after just three minutes and level by the same second-half margin, Liverpool’s Carabao Cup adventure threatened to be a roller-coaster ride.

Jurgen Klopp’s side created plenty after conceding an opener to a Leicester City team who had not won at Anfield since the turn of the new millennium.

But the Reds’ manager refused to leave a potential humiliation to chance.

With the burgeoning Ben Doak coming up short and Ryan Gravenberch’s race seemingly run by the 65th minute, Klopp finally sent on the calvary.

Dominik Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez’s joint introduction provided a much-needed spark for the hosts to go on and win this third round tie comfortably.

Another trademark wonder strike by the Hungary captain in front of The Kop shifted the balance but Nunez’s fresh wave of pressing was also integral.

Had the pair failed to turn the tables on their Championship counterparts, Klopp still had the options of Alexis Mac Allister and Luis Diaz in reserve.

Not that they were needed thanks to Szoboszlai and Nunez’s star turns.

Jones: a perfect backup for TAA?

Klopp’s inspired substitutions may have been reactive but he deserves full credit for a more innovative approach to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s absence.

Had injury not intervened, the England international would have been among the many first-team regulars granted a night off from this Carabao Cup outing.

Yet so impressive was Alexander-Arnold’s transition into a hybrid midfielder that Klopp felt emboldened to test a similar experiment with Curtis Jones.

The midfielder was tasked not only with leading by example as captain for the night but also replicating the qualities his fellow Scouser’s offers at full-back.

Shifting between defensive duties and a more natural habitat in the attacking third did not faze Jones as he got to grips with Leicester’s robuts challenges.

There will still be kinks to iron out down the line before the 22-year-old can fully lay claim to the status of Alexander-Arnold’s understudy in the role.

The initial impressions, however, are highly promising from the Toxteth native.

Comebacks are the Reds’ new normal

This latest performance also reaffirmed Liverpool’s status as comeback kings.

During Klopp’s tenure, rallying displays after trailing has become something of a hallmark; seeing his charges live up to their billing as ‘mentality monsters’.

These turnarounds are increasingly becoming the new normal as they flipped a one-goal reversal for the sixth time in eight games from all competitons..

All bar one of those results have finished 3-1 while Leicester were the fourth team to fall victim in quick succession against Liverpool this month alone.

Extending that resilience into a fifth straight game at Tottenham on Saturday will be a tall order given their hosts’ own high-flying start to the campaign.

Ange Postecoglou’s sides are unlikely to surrender goals as wilfully as the Foxes, West Ham, Europa League opponents LASK and Wolves all did.

Yet the never-say-die attitude freshly ingrained in Liverpool’s dressing room is proof they have again made winning from positions of adversity an artform..