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Chelsea and Liverpool headed to Wembley on Sunday afternoon as Jurgen Klopp's side won the tie 11-10 in a penalty [url=https://www.promavericksedge.com/dallas-mavericks-jeresy/josh-richardson-jersey]Josh Richardson Jersey[/url] shoot-out to lift the Carabao Cup trophy.The first half was plentiful in good opportunities for both teams but neither managed to put their side ahead, with Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Sadio Mane mi sing chances.The second half saw the same script with the European champions mi sing a good couple of chances as soon as the second half began.Liverpool finally broke the deadlock in the 67th minute but the goal was quickly disallowed for an offside on Virgil Van Dijk.10 minutes later saw Chelsea in the same situation as Kai Havertz was denied a goal for an earlier offside.Another couple of disallowed goals later and a penalty shoot-out was the only thing to separate the two sides.After a tense shoot-out, it was Kepa Arrizabalaga to mi s that allowed Liverpool 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potential shoot-out however, another VAR call saw Havertz disallowed another goal with Thomas Tuchel screaming on the touchline.With one minute left on the clock before the shoot-out, Kepa Arrizabalaga took to the pitch to replace starting XI goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who had had an outstanding 120 minutes between the sticks.James Milner and Marcos Alonso were the first pair to step up for their sides with both of them finding the back of the net from the penalty spot.Fabinho then stood up to beat Kepa with a panenka penalty before Lukaku went on to send Kelleher the wrong way.Van Dijk then just about beat Kepa to the top left corner before Havertz comfortably slotted his penalty into the bottom right.Alexander-Arnold then went on to score his side's fourth of the afternoon as Chelsea's Reece James scored what looked like the same penalty.Mo Salah made it five [url=https://www.promavericksedge.com/dallas-mavericks-jeresy/michael-kidd-gilchrist-jersey]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Jersey[/url] 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