The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper was crucial once more as the team won 3-2 in a penalty shootout against League One Derby after 90 minutes of scoreless play. This was the goalkeeper's first game since scoring the winning goal to win the cup at Wembley in February.

I've always mentioned that I believe this cup has given me many opportunities, so every time I play, I always want to advance to the next round in order to give myself another opportunity to play. Because anything might happen at any time, I need to be prepared to play.

"I've worked out with the goalie team every day; they're a great group to work with, so I like showing up every day and making an effort to work hard.

However, as I said, the better we perform in cup matches like this, the more match time I can eventually get. "At the same time, it's also challenging not receiving the games.

"I believe that many young players got their chance today; thus, the more games we win in this competition, the further we can advance and the more playing time the younger players will have. That is always positive.

Jurgen Klopp, the manager, praised his coaching team for developing such a "modern goalie."

Kelleher has now defeated Pepe Reina's previous record of five saved penalties in shootouts to become the club's all-time leader. He has also played in eight League Cup games, four of which have required penalty kicks, which he has won all of.

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Caoimh is extraordinary, very exceptional, according to Klopp, and I don't think we ever held it back and said he couldn't play.

He returned from vacation injured, and it took some time to get him back to training and also to get up and running. As a result, this season hasn't been the best so far for him.

He is there, and I'm quite certain he would say it precisely the same, he is their invention. The goalkeeper coaching staff are simply doing an exceptional job.

"He accomplishes what they ask of him, and the goaltender they created is a modern goalie: calm as you like, capable of playing football, and on top of that, able to grab balls and pass the ball out in an effective way.

I'm really happy for him that he could experience all these things.

For the commencing of their cup defensive effort, Klopp made 11 changes. Summer signing Calvin Ramsay (19), Bobby Clark, 17, 18-year-olds Stefan Bajcetic and Melkamu Frauendorf, and Layton Stewart all made their complete debut appearance (20).

Two days shy of his 17th birthday, Ben Doak also had a late debut off the bench and performed admirably for the entire 16 minutes of his appearance.

Even though it took 65 pretty fruitless minutes until Darwin Nunez, Roberto Firmino, and Harvey Elliott were introduced, Klopp stood by his choice.

In addition, he said, "we really love to give the boys the chance to experience true man's soccer against such a team who desperately desired to get through. We have to make sure we don't jeopardize anyone, which is really essential.

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