Liverpool won the League Cup against Chelsea by beating the Blues in the final following a long battle this Sunday.
On the pitch at Wembley, Chelsea and Liverpool were on display this Sunday for the 2024 League Cup final. The Reds dreamed of offering a first farewell gift to Jurgen Klopp, their legendary manager, leaving at the end of the season. Chelsea instead wanted to give relief to another disappointing campaign.
It is Chelsea who thinks of shedding the first blood. Thus, at the half hour mark, and on a ball from Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson, in the fight with Ibrahima Konaté, crosses low to the ground in the area where Raheem Sterling finished closely without control. But after consulting the VAR, this achievement was canceled. The referee considered that Nicolas Jackson was offside at the time of his call on the right.
A similar mishap will happen to Liverpool in the second act. On a free kick kicked by Andrew Robertson around the hour mark, Virgil Van Dijk managed to score with a crosshead kick. But the Reds’ goal was canceled for a foul by the Japanese Endo, who came to hinder Colwill. The match, which was hotly contested, would nevertheless head into extra time after 90 fruitless minutes.
During the first act of extra time, Djordje Petrovic was decisive with a tap near his crossbar on Jayden Danns’ header, but it was Van Dijk who finally broke the deadlock at the very end of extra time with a quick kick. angry header after a corner from Tsimikas. The Reds and their coach, more smiling than ever, can thank their captain for this new trophy! The Merseysiders thus won the 64th final of the League Cup and achieved a 10th success in the event.
