Match
Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to reach Carabao Cup quarter-finals
Wesley Fofana's decisive miss settled a 1-1 draw at Anfield, sending Liverpool through 6-5 on spot kicks. Andoni Iraola's side will face Bournemouth in the last eight.
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Liverpool progressed to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals after defeating Chelsea 6-5 on penalties at Anfield, following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. Wesley Fofana missed the decisive spot kick, sending his effort high over the bar into the Kop end.
It was Chelsea's fifth consecutive penalty shootout defeat against Liverpool, a sequence stretching back to the 2007 Champions League semi-final and including the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final and both domestic cup finals of 2022. Emmanuel Emegha was also among those to miss for the visitors, according to The Guardian.
Joe Gomez scored the most notable penalty for Liverpool, according to the Daily Mail, as manager Andoni Iraola got the better of Chelsea counterpart Xabi Alonso — who suffered his third defeat as a manager at Anfield, per ESPN.
Liverpool will face Bournemouth, Iraola's former club, in the quarter-finals. Fofana, 25, has made four appearances for Chelsea this season with an average rating of 5.60, and FootVal's valuation of the centre-back stands at €26m against a Transfermarkt market value of €32m.
Sources
This article is based on reports by:
- The Athletic — Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties: Fofana's costly miss as Iraola's side progress to quarter-finals
- The Guardian — Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties yet again to secure Carabao Cup progress
- Sky Sports — Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to reach last eight
- ESPN — Liverpool beat Chelsea in shootout to reach Carabao Cup quarters
- Evening Standard — Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (6-5 on pens): Reds progress to Carabao Cup quarter-final after epic shootout
- Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) — 🚨 OFFICIAL: Chelsea are OUT of the Carabao Cup after losing to Liverpool.
- Daily Mail — Xabi Alonso endures unhappy Anfield homecoming as Liverpool defeat Chelsea on penalties to reach Carabao Cup quarter-finals after helter-skelter tie, writes LEWIS STEELE
- Mirror — Liverpool dump out Chelsea on penalties as former favourites face up to new realities
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