Liverpool crowned League Cup after penalty shootout marathon
Liverpoolfc have won the title eight times, most recently in 2012, while Chelsea have won the title five times, most recently in 2015.
Liverpool vs Chelsea
Chelsea fixtures
Chelsea Squad: Mendy - Shalubah - Silva - Rudiger - Azpilquieta - Kovacic - Kante - Alonso - Mont - Pulisic - Havertz
Liverpoolfc squad: Kiliher- Robertson - Van Dijk - Matip - Arnold - Fabinho - Henderson - Keita - Mane - Diaz - Salah.
The beginning of the game
18 min: Arnold passes a neat cross for Mani to shoot his head away from goal.
25 mins: Objections from Chelsea players demanding Keita's dismissal after Mount was hit by the elbow but the referee orders that the game continue without being dismissed.
27 mins: Lfc players demand that the referee award a penalty after Azpilicueta touches the ball with his hand, but the referee decides to continue playing.
30 min: Mendy saves Chelsea from a certain goal after countering a powerful shot from Keita to bounce back to Mane inside six yards to shoot back but the Senegalese goalkeeper takes the ball into a corner.
35 min: Havertz wastes an outright single and shoots out of goal but the game counts an infiltration afterwards.
37 min: Robertson leaks a neat cross to Salah, who shot his head off the goal.
Minute (42): Azpilicueta shoots a powerful ball from outside the box but tops the crossbar.
45 min: Mount wastes the strangest chances of the first half after receiving a superb pass from Havertz inside the box but shoots away from the net.
The beginning of the second half
46 mins: Chelsea start strongly and Azeplicueta sends a cross from the right side that is kept away by liverpool live defence.
Minute (48): Havertz passes from Matip on the left side and sends a ground cross passing in front of Pulisic's feet.
49 min: Mount wastes a certain goal after a magic pass from Pulisic made him in an outright solo to shoot at the left post.
54 min: Diaz tries to lead liverpool's attack with an individual effort from the left side, but Shaluba saves the situation.
57 mins: Chelsea's first switch with Azpilicueta out after injury and James' descent in his place.
58 min: Kelleher firmly counters a powerful shot from Mount.
64 min: Thiago Silva saves Chelsea from a certain goal after taking Salah's solo shot off the line.
Minute (67): Goel. Matip puts the Reds' first goal with a header after a free kick by Salah on Mane's head that passed it to Matip to put it into the net.
Minute (68): The referee goes to the mouse himself to make sure the goal is correct on the grounds that there is an error on van Dijk's overlapping intruder in the game.
Minute (69): The referee cancels out the goal and returns the score to a negative draw.
Minute (74): Two substitutions at once for Chelsea with Mount and Pulistic out and Lukaku and Werner coming down.
76 mins: Mendy saves Chelsea from a new goal after countering Diaz's shot that penetrated into the box from the left side.
78 mins: Havertz scores a goal for Chelsea with his head after receiving a cross from Werner but the referee cancels it out on the grounds of sneaking on the latter.
82nd minute: A quick attack by the Reds to hit Diaz on the left side to pass it to Milner, who played "One Two" with Salah and shot away from goal.
Minute (85): A flood of attacks from Liverpool and several shots from inside the box until Kante eventually removed the ball.
90 mins: Salah kicks off on a quick counterattack from midfield but Kovacic blocks him and gets a yellow card.
The start of the first extra half with matip coming out and Conte coming down.
- Minute (93): Werner shoots a ball from inside the box but passes over the crossbar.
- Minute (96): Werner passes and passes to Kante, who aims completely away from goal.
- Minute (97): A new switch for Liverpool with Diaz and Origi coming down.
- 98 mins: Lukaku scores a goal for Chelsea but the referee cancels it out on the grounds of infiltration.
- Minute (105): Havertz sends a cross from the left side passing over Werner's head.
The start of the second extra half with a switch to Chelsea with Kovacic out and Georginio coming down.
- 109 mins: Havertz scores a new goal for Chelsea after receiving a pass from Lukaku but the referee cancels it out on the grounds of infiltration.
- Minute (111): Salah tries to pass from the right side but Chelsea's defence stands in front of him and takes the ball away.
- 114 mins): Lukaku passes a quick ball from midfield, goes off the left side and sends a cross that Van Dijk firmly keeps away.
- Minute (118): An organized attack from Liverpool reaches Robertson on the left side sends a ground cross that Jota fails to shoot.
- Minute (120): Chelsea are replaced by Mendy's exit and Kepa's descent in preparation for the penalty shootout.
The beginning of the penalty shootout
- Milner scores Liverpool's first kick successfully.
- Alonso scores Chelsea's first kick despite Kehelier's attempt to tackle it.
- Fabinho kicks the Reds' second kick into the net in paninka's way.
- Lukaku equalled the score for the Blues by scoring the second kick.
- Van Dijk aims the ball hard into the net, scoring the Reds' third kick.
- Havertz manages to score Chelsea's third kick in a great way.
- Arnold returns to Liverpool with the fourth kick.
- James re-equalises with the fourth kick successfully.
- Salah gives the Liverpool spurs the lead again by scoring the fifth kick.
- Georginio equalises for Chelsea and scores the fifth kick.
- Jota scores successfully and advances for Liverpool again.
- Rudiger equalises for Chelsea by scoring the sixth kick.
- Kante re-equalised by shooting into the net.
- Robertson scores the liverpool spurs eighth kick.
- Werner equalises for the Blues by scoring the eighth kick.
- Elliot fools Kepa and aims into the net the ninth kick.