Aston Villa boss, Steven Gerrard, posted ‘congratulations’ on his Instagram story as Liverpool beat Chelsea to win the Carabao Cup final on penalties on Sunday at Wembley.
Another ex-Liverpool player, this time Michael Owen, also reacted to that dramatic win by posting on Twitter ‘make that 9’, added with an image of the club’s trophy wall at Anfield, which will now need to be updated.
Liverpool have now won a historic ninth League Cup, no English side has won more.
This is the first time the Reds have also won the League Cup under Jurgen Klopp’s stewardship and what a way to do it.
The Wembley final showdown may have finished goalless after extra time, but it was probably one of the most action-packed, entertaining, frantic and non-stop 0-0’s in a very long time.
There are always unlikely heroes in cup finals and Caoimhin Kelleher proved to be that guy against Chelsea.
Klopp opted to start the 23-year-old ahead of Alisson Becker at Wembley, and whilst very few would have predicted it, he ended up scoring the winning penalty.
From offside goal to offside goal being ruled out in normal and extra-time, to every single outfield player scoring their spot-kick.
It was a drama-filled evening that provides Klopp and his players with a huge boost heading into the final few months of the season.
That’s one trophy in the bag and they will be hunting down for three more, no doubt.
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