How was he allowed to cut inside from the flank and whip a stunning strike into the net with his other foot time and time again?
There were plenty around Anfield who would not have minded if Gakpo was sold in the summer. A good option to have but one Liverpool wouldn’t miss if he left, being the general consensus.
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Further goals of that ilk had not been forthcoming, however. Until now. In first-half stoppage time, with his team-mates short of ideas against a dogged Leicester team, Gakpo skipped past his man, cut in from the left and arrowed a superb curling effort into the far corner with his other foot.
Cody Gakpo, that is BEAUTIFUL! #PLonPrime #LIVLEI pic.twitter.com/jr29PQVwiR
Gakpo fires his shot past Leicester City’s Jakub Stolarczyk (Photo: Reuters)
“We expect more to keep our wingers wide and get in one on one situations,” Slot said. “Cody and Lucho [Luis Diaz] did that well. Against Spurs it was mainly Lucho and Mo [Salah] that were dominant, now it was Cody and Mo. It is nice to have so many options in every position but also in the front three.”
Struggling Leicester had not read the script, however, and raced into a shock early lead through Jordan Ayew.
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Another inexplicable VAR delay denied Gakpo another, with the Dutchman forced to remain on 10 goals for the season – a more than commendable return for a bit-part player.
Even a sustained title tilt in Slot’s first season in charge seemed a forlorn hope in the summer. To be clear favourites for a second Premier League crown, without even really having hit optimum gear yet, is quite the accomplishment.
It helps when a player who is anything but a guaranteed starter takes his game to new levels, adding to the myriad of attacking threats that surely makes this multi-faceted strikeforce unstoppable this season.
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