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Liverpool Edge Chelsea 6-5 in Penalty Shootout to Reach League Cup Quarterfinals
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In Short: Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 in a penalty shootout to advance to the League Cup quarterfinals.
Liverpool edged Chelsea 6-5 in a penalty shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the English League Cup. The match, which ended in a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes, saw Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola secure a victory over his former teammate Xabi Alonso, who now leads Chelsea.
Iraola expressed his satisfaction with the win, stating, "We are really happy. Three wins at home in a row is very important. We were struggling at home in the league but now we go against Arsenal on Sunday." Iraola will face his former club Bournemouth in the next round.
In the match, Chelsea took the lead in the 40th minute when Morgan Rogers scored from the penalty spot after Ryan Gravenberch fouled Moises Caicedo. However, Liverpool equalized just three minutes later with a penalty of their own, as Cody Gakpo converted after Wesley Fofana's handball.
During the shootout, Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili made a crucial save on Emmanuel Emegha's kick, while Ryan Gravenberch's attempt was denied by Chelsea's Mike Penders. Despite Valentin Barco hitting the post and Kostas Tsimikas missing his chance, Liverpool ultimately prevailed.
Former Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta commented on Barco's penalty attempt, saying, "Every player picks his style where he feels confident, and for Valentin Barco, I believe that is his way of shooting it. I don't believe that was his first time, I hope not!"
The shootout was particularly dramatic as it extended beyond the initial five attempts per team. Joe Gomez, a player who has never scored a senior goal in 319 professional appearances, stepped up to take the decisive penalty and scored, securing Liverpool's victory.
City boss Enzo Maresca made nine changes to his lineup after Saturday's loss at Aston Villa, which ended Chelsea's 100% start to the Premier League campaign. This strategy did not yield the desired result in the League Cup.
The result extended Liverpool's impressive record against Chelsea in penalty shootouts, with the Merseyside club once again overcoming the London side in a domestic cup competition.
In other matches on Wednesday, Bournemouth beat Aston Villa 3-0, Crystal Palace won 1-0 at Fulham, and Sunderland overcame Brentford 3-2, advancing to the quarterfinals alongside Liverpool and Chelsea.
What's confirmed
- “We are really happy. Three wins at home in a row is very important. We were struggling at home in the league but now we go against Arsenal on Sunday,” said Iraola, who will face his former club Bournemouth in the last eight.
- In their debut campaigns at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot both reached the League Cup final, and Iraola is on course to follow in their footsteps with the 10-time winners of the competition.
- In a clash between childhood friends Andoni Iraola and Xabi Alonso, it was the Liverpool manager who took the bragging rights in the last-16 tie at Anfield on Wednesday.
- Rogers put Chelsea in front with a 40th-minute penalty after Gravenberch clattered into Moises Caicedo.
- Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 in a dramatic penalty shootout to reach the English League Cup quarterfinals.
- Ryan Gravenberch was denied by Chelsea keeper Mike Penders, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saved Emmanuel Emegha’s kick to keep Liverpool alive.
- After Joe Gomez scored for Liverpool, Blues defender Wesley Fofana miscued into the Kop as the hosts advanced.
- But Liverpool were level three minutes later with a penalty of their own as Gakpo converted from the spot following Fofana’s handball.
- It was former Liverpool midfielder Alonso’s third defeat in his three visits to Anfield as a manager, following losses with Bayer Leverkusen in 2024 and Real Madrid in 2025.
- Chelsea’s Valentin Barco hit the post in the shootout before Liverpool’s Kostas Tsimikas wasted a chance to win it when he blazed over.
- A 1-1 draw in normal time set the stage for the shoot-out as Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers netted from the spot, only for Cody Gakpo to equalise with a penalty of his own just before half-time.
- Rulli denied Yasin Ayari and Lewis Dunk in the shootout to secure City’s progress.
What's still developing
- After a 1-1 draw in normal time, Liverpool win 6-5 to edge a narrow win after penalties in last-16 match at Anfield.
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- The competition involves the 92 clubs in England’s top four divisions: the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two.
- Chelsea made the brighter start at Anfield, with both teams fielding several changes for the knockout encounter.
- Chelsea in another Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out as former Reds midfielder Xabi Alonso suffered his third defeat as a manager at Anfield.
- Brighton had taken the lead through Malick Yalcouye after 30 minutes but Mateo Kovacic – who later missed a penalty in the shootout – levelled for City before the break.
- Fofana was not the only culprit as Chelsea’s catalogue of penalty misery against Liverpool gained a new chapter alongside the 2007 Champions League semi-final, the 2019 Uefa Super Cup final and the FA and League Cup finals of 2022.
- Liverpool are in good form; Chelsea are coming off of one our worst defeats in a long time.
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- Arsenal wasn’t so lucky in a shootout on Tuesday, losing in stunning fashion to fourth-tier minnow Fleetwood Town in one of the biggest shocks in the competition’s 66-year history.
- Lower-league teams Fleetwood and Bradford already in quarterfinals Third-tier Bradford City — the beaten finalist in 2013 — joined Fleetwood in advancing to the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
- That encounter finished 0-0 after extra time, before the Merseyside club won an extraordinary shootout 11-10 at Wembley.