Liverpool defeated Chelsea to take home the Carabao Cup after Kepa Arrizabalaga failed to score the winning penalty in a long shootout that ended 11-10 at Wembley.
Liverpool defeated Chelsea to take home the Carabao Cup after Kepa Arrizabalaga failed to score the winning penalty in a long shootout that ended 11-10 at Wembley. Awarded to Chelsea the head coach Thomas Tuchel for the shootout in the last minute of extra-time, just as Kepa was during the August Super Cup, Kepa was unable to stop only one penalty, before smashing his own goal over the bar, granting Liverpool victory after a scoreless 120 minutes. It was an incredible moment that took place three years after the incident that was the beginning of Kepa's Chelsea career in which Kepa was unable to comply with Maurizio Sarri's orders to remove him before their shootout loss against Manchester City in the 2019 final. In the case of Liverpool it was their debut Carabao Cup win since 2012 which put them over Manchester City again to become the top team in the history of the competition , with nine wins. The win also brought to an end Jurgen Klopp's search for his first domestic