Soccer-Liverpool Claim League Cup With 1-0 Extra-time Victory Over Chelsea

LONDON: Liverpool received the League Cup by beating Chelsea 1-0 via a late extra-time objective from captain Virgil van Dijk after a fierce end-to-end battle at Wembley on Sunday.

Dutchman Van Dijk rose to satisfy a nook within the 118th minute and nodded house in entrance of cheering Liverpool followers.

The two groups had quite a few probabilities within the first 90 minutes.

Both sides had targets dominated out after lengthy VAR checks, with Raheem Sterling’s first-half effort for Chelsea cancelled out as a result of Nicolas Jackson was offside within the build-up whereas Van Dijk’s second-half header was disallowed for an infringement by Wataru Endo.

Both groups additionally hit the publish, Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo within the first half and Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher within the second.

It was the third Cup victory for Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool over Chelsea in two years, the Reds successful the League and FA Cups in 2022 after goalless attracts and penalty shootouts.

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