Curtis Jones' double and strikes from Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah eased Liverpool into a record 19th League Cup semi-final with a 5-1 win over West Ham.
Jurgen Klopp joked that he used the promise of the captain's armband to sell Curtis Jones on the idea of playing right-back for Liverpool.
Curtis Jones insisted he never lost faith he would earn a Liverpool revival after coming through a "tough time" to establish himself as a first-team regular.
Curtis Jones' double pushed Leicester to the brink of relegation as Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 win – two years to the day since the Foxes' FA Cup triumph.