Liverpool are into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup for the fifth successive season after coming from behind to beat a plucky Leicester City team at Anfield on Wednesday night.
Liverpool were caught cold in the first few minutes when McAteer gave Leicester the shock lead.
Kostas Tsimikas was punished for losing possession and the Foxes broke with lethal impact as Yunus Akgun put the goalscorer through one on one with Caoimhin Kelleher.
From there, the first half was one way traffic as the heavily rotated home side set about getting back into the game – the Leicester goal was fully peppered with attempts.
Notably, in a flurry of chances from corners, youngsters Ben Doak and Jarell Quansah both had shots saved, before Doak also hit the bar.
Conor Coady was then in the thick of it, clearing one off the line to deny his boyhood club.
It took the Reds only a few minutes of shooting towards the Kop after the interval to get back on terms.
It was the double Dutch combination as Ryan Gravenberch managed to slip the ball through to Gakpo, who spun and fired low into the bottom corner with chance for Stolarczyk.
Seeking a winner, Jurgen Klopp flexed his squad depth by bringing on £145m duo Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez with just under half an hour to play.
It was the former who made the big difference almost immediately, afforded too much space from a Leicester perspective and unleashing an absolutely screamer that threatened to burst the net when it hit.
