Sunday’s Carabao Cup last introduced Jurgen Klopp an eighth trophy as Liverpool supervisor as his inexperienced facet noticed off Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley.
It was a sixth consecutive defeat in home cup finals for Chelsea and right here, the PA information company appears on the noteworthy statistical implications of the match.
Trophy haul
Klopp has gained seven completely different honours with Liverpool, with Virgil van Dijk’s extra-time winner which means the League Cup is the primary trophy his facet have lifted greater than as soon as.
Victory over Tottenham within the 2019 Champions League last introduced his first trophy and the next season noticed Liverpool win the UEFA Tremendous Cup, the Membership World Cup after which the Premier League.
A home cup double in 2021-22, each in penalty shoot-outs in opposition to Chelsea after goalless finals, allowed them so as to add the 2022 Neighborhood Defend.
An eighth completely different prize might but come on this season’s Europa League, a contest by which Liverpool misplaced the 2015-16 last to Sevilla on the finish of Klopp’s debut season.
Sunday was Liverpool’s report tenth League Cup win.
Klopp’s youngsters
A lot was manufactured from the youth of the Liverpool staff that ended the sport however Chelsea too are in a rebuilding part – their ending XI really had a barely youthful common age than their Liverpool counterparts, 23 years and 77 days to 24 years and 172 days.
Liverpool introduced on Bobby Clark, James McConnell and Jayden Danns for, respectively, their ninth, seventh and second senior appearances, whereas Jarell Quansah was taking part in solely his twentieth Reds recreation and thirty sixth in senior soccer.
Van Dijk, although, lifted the whole senior appearances of their ending XI to 1,670, in comparison with Chelsea’s 1,513, with Joe Gomez becoming a member of him above 200 membership appearances as Liverpool totalled 817 by that measure to Chelsea’s 371.
The important thing distinction is the strategy of buying these gamers. Whereas Liverpool completed with 5 academy merchandise on the pitch, and began one other in Conor Bradley, Chelsea’s have been largely acquired in Todd Boehly and co’s billion-pound spending spree.
The Blues XI that completed the sport value a reported £466million in switch charges, with Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo each £100m-plus signings and each outfield participant bar homegrown pair Trevoh Chalobah and Levi Colwill costing £25m or extra.
Van Dijk accounts for simply over half of the £148m value of Liverpool’s XI.
Remaining vacation spot
Gary Neville, on co-commentary responsibility for Sky, labelled Chelsea “billion-pound bottle jobs” after Van Dijk’s winner. And whereas the Blues gained the 2021 Champions League and 2019 Europa League, they’ve misplaced six successive home finals since lifting the 2018 FA Cup.
Sunday’s setback adopted in a near-identical vein to Liverpool’s 2021-22 cup double, with Van Dijk staving off the prospect of one other penalty shoot-out.
Kostas Tsimikas, whose nook arrange that aim, scored the profitable kick within the FA Cup last two years in the past whereas the League Cup was a nightmare for Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, who was substituted on for the shoot-out however conceded to all 11 Liverpool gamers – together with goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher – earlier than blazing his personal penalty over the bar.
That echoed 2019’s confusion over Maurizio Sarri’s try and substitute Kepa off earlier than the beginning of the shoot-out. He saved from Leroy Sane however let a weak Sergio Aguero effort below him as Manchester Metropolis gained 4-3.
Youri Tielemans settled the 2021 FA Cup last in Leicester’s favour, a 12 months after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s double earned Arsenal a 2-1 win over Chelsea. Christian Pulisic’s early opener was Chelsea’s solely aim within the six finals.
Supervisor Mauricio Pochettino additionally misplaced each his finals with former membership Tottenham, within the 2019 Champions League – in opposition to Liverpool – and the 2015 League Cup.
