Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties yet again to secure Carabao Cup progress
Wesley Fofana missed the decisive spot kick as Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to set up a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Andoni Iraola's former side Bournemouth.
- ⚽ Liverpool advance after pulsating penalty shootout ⚽ Reds face Andoni Iraola’s old side Bournemouth in quarters ⚽ Fleetwood to host Everton or Newcastle Basque pals Andoni and Xabi embrace warmly … but so much for friendship, because Chelsea turn Liverpool around, so the home side are kicking towards the Kop in this first half.
- Chelsea must have known their fate as soon as the last 16 tie at Anfield went to penalties.
- Four times they had faced Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out previously and four times they had lost.
The defender was not the only culprit as Chelsea’s catalogue of penalty misery against Liverpool gained a new chapter to add to the 2007 Champions League semi-final, the 2019 Uefa Super Cup final and the FA and League Cup finals of 2022.
Make that five, after Wesley Fofana’s woeful attempt sailed high into the Kop and sent Andoni Iraola’s side into the Carabao Cup quarter finals.
- Emmanuel Emegha could have won it for Xabi Alonso’s visitors but his effort was saved superbly by Giorgi Mamardashvili.
- These lads always look good when they play each other.
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