Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: We have had lots of talk, some half-decent jokes and some running — lots of running — from his players. Now, though, Jurgen Klopp has something more tangible to reflect on at Liverpool, a victory. Given his club’s barren recent run in terms of trophies — one in nine-and-a-half years — Klopp may come to sense opportunity in a League Cup competition already shorn of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. For now, though, this win — narrow as it was — will serve a more short-term purpose. Any manager needs one before he can really start to move forward and the German will have slept more easily.Liverpool set up a quarter-final trip to Southampton after edging out their Premier League counterpartsEnglish defender Nathaniel Clyne opened the scoring with his first Liverpool goal after 17 minutesKolo Toure forced off during the early stages with what seemed to be a hamstring injuryLiverpool youngsters grab their chance to impress in Capital One Cup victory 
 Question:The first half was tight as Bournemouth imposed themselves on a _ team who had developed a weird habit of continually drawing.

Liverpool