James Milner aims a hilarious dig at Divock Origi after stunning scorpion kick goal for Liverpool against Preston on Wednesday.
Liverpool earned their spot in the last eight of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win at Deepdale thanks to second half goals from Takumi Minamino and Origi saw Jurgen Klopp’s rotated team overcome a challenging first 45 minutes to continue their route to Wembley.
Despite being ruled out through a hamstring injury, the Reds vice-captain was cheering the team on from the side-lines, as he showed on Instagram.
Liverpool’s second goal of the evening came from a superbly improvised scorpion kick from Origi, which lobbed the Preston goalkeeper and it wouldn’t have been a surprise if it was applauded from those in the home end.
And Milner reckons he knows the reason behind the Belgian forward’s increased agility.
The 35-year-old posted a picture of Origi’s goal on Instagram with the caption: “Good to see Divock’s yoga is paying off! And the young lads doing well On to the next round #ynwa #standingscorpionpose”
Despite his limited game time, the 26-year old striker has scored twice in as many games in the Carabao Cup, having also got an assist in the previous round of the competition against Norwich.
Player ratings
Preston: Rudd (6), van den Berg (7), Lindsay (7), Hughes (6), Rafferty (7), McCann (6), Ledson (5), Cunningham (5), Potts (6), Barkhuizen (5), Maguire (7).
Subs: Whiteman (n/a), Johnson (n/a), Sinclair (n/a), Earl (6).
Liverpool: Adrian (7), Williams (8), Matip (5), Gomez (6), Tsimikas (7), Oxlade-Chamberlain (7), Jones (6), Morton (8), Blair (5), Origi (7), Minamino (7).
Subs: Phillips (6), Bradley (6). Beck (n/a), Dixon-Bonner (n/a).
Man of the match: Neco Williams.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: “We didn’t play particularly well to be 100 per cent honest and Preston played long balls. They were tricky to defend and they had their moments. The game was open and we lost our structure in the first half which never helps in football.
“We couldn’t create too much but the little change helped. The game for Harvey [Blair] in the first half was really not easy and we didn’t really involve him in the game. We decided to change things by pushing Neco a bit higher and it worked really well.
“Divock showed his skills for the second but Preston played a really inspired game and the atmosphere was nice. No one got injured so it’s a perfect night.”
Preston boss Frankie McAvoy: “I felt our game plan was excellent. We knew they’d have a lot of the ball. I’ve just seen the stats, we both had nine attempts each, four on target. There’s not many teams that will limit Liverpool to fewer opportunities.
“That’s credit to the players, they gave me everything. I’m just so disappointed. After Saturday’s result I was hoping we could have a fantastic result tonight and send the fans home happy. It wasn’t to be but it wasn’t for the want of trying. I think you can hear in my voice I’m gutted.”
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Sky Sports’ Jamie Redknapp:
“It’s a great result for Liverpool as it wasn’t easy. In the first half, Preston could’ve been one or two goals ahead, but in the second half, Liverpool just had that little bit of extra quality in front of goal that Preston didn’t quite have.
“Origi has had some amazing moments for Liverpool and that goal was quite incredible. We’ve seen improvisation like that before from the likes of Olivier Giroud and Henrikh Mkhitaryan and this is just an incredible finish.”
Fans reacted as Milner aims hilarious dig at Origi after stunning scorpion kick goal against Preston…
@LFCKirstyLFC: Only he could do that. Proper cult hero.
@ORlSHA: He’s capable of both the absurd and the sublime.
@OhNoesItsChris: That is all kinds of naughty
@andrewgrice17: Filthy that
@Andy_Dunbar: Origi’s goal was nothing but obscene. He doesn’t score many, but when he does they are usually nuts or massively impactfull…Examples > versus Everton, Barca & Spurs #LFC #LiverpoolFC
@Penyoksexy_id: he can score goals with any part of his body
@twoguaps: Origi’s goal > every Penaldo goal
@JBux2018: This is actually nuts when you watch it over 😂 one best finishes I’ve ever seen without a doubt, but he’s bang average hahaha
@yngDonCorleone: This guy only scores weird mad goals… Can’t do 1v1s and open goals but comes in clutch in the maddest times 😂😂😂😂
@Gerard_Iga: Original! The guy has a penchant for the spectacular. Even the Preston fans had no choice but to clap for the magic they had just witnessed.
@OneTwo6ix: If ever a goal could sum Divock Origi up its this one, goes missing for the majority of the game and then scores this? It’s his world and we’re just living in it
@stephenmullen67: Take a bow son
@navhalai: @DivockOrigi so under rated… Skills!
@fauzimac: Ladies and gentlemen… presenting Divock “No ordinary goals” Origi!!!!
Divock learning from the best pic.twitter.com/KOW2m8l8l9
— Kirubakar (@kirubakar27) October 28, 2021
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