IT’S CUP FINAL DAY! Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the 2022 EFL Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea. The first piece of domestic silverware of the season is up for grabs at Wembley with Thomas Tuchel’s five-time winners taking on Jurgen Klopp’s eight-time winners from Merseyside. Kick off 16.30 GMT.
League Cup / Matchday 1
Wembley / 27.02.2022
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Updated 27/02/2022 at 20:06 GMT
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MATCH REPORT
Chances galore, goals disallowed and a sensational shoot-out. This wasn't your average 0-0 in a cup final!
Kepa was unfortunate to be the Chelsea villain while Liverpool finally land that first domestic trophy under Klopp.
Who was the star man? Where was it won and lost?
Check out our report below.
LIVERPOOL WIN THE LEAGUE CUP FOR A RECORD NINTH TIME!
What a finale to a fantastic game of football.
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PENALTY MISSED! – LIVERPOOL 11-10 CHELSEA. Kepa blazes his spot kick over the bar.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 11-10 CHELSEA. Kelleher blasts his spot kick into the back of the net.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 10-10 CHELSEA. Trevoh Chalobah fires home. It’s 20 out of 20. Down to the keepers.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 10-9 CHELSEA. Konate just about beats Kepa. The keeper got a big hand on that.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 9-9 CHELSEA. Thiago Silva is ice cool as he nets.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 9-8 CHELSEA. Elliott fires it into the corner. Brilliant from the youngster.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 8-8 CHELSEA. Werner squeezes his kick just past Kelleher’s hand.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 8-7 CHELSEA. Robertson sends Kepa the wrong way and calls on the crowd to roar Liverpool over the line.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 7-7 CHELSEA. Kante strokes it into the corner. On we go!
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 7-6 CHELSEA. Origi makes no mistake as Kepa dives the other way.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 6-6 CHELSEA. Rudiger with a straight run up … But he sends Kelleher the wrong way.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 6-5 CHELSEA. Jota drills it down the middle and just misses Kepa’s feet as he dives to his right.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 5-5 CHELSEA. Jorginho with the trademark skip. No danger there. Sudden death.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 5-4 CHELSEA. Salah blasts it into the corner. Kepa nowhere near it.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 4-4 CHELSEA. James puts his finger to his mouth to shush the crowd as he steers a shot just beyond Kelleher’s reach.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 4-3 CHELSEA. Side netting. Alexander Arnold rifles a strike beyond Kepa. All of these penalties have been superb so far.
LIVERPOOL 3-3 CHELSEA. Havertz shuffles and coolly rolls it into the opposite corner to Kelleher’s dive.
PENALTY SCORED! – LIVERPOOL 3-2 CHELSEA. Van Dijk blasts it high above Kepa’s dive.