The Carabao Cup final kicks off at Wembley Stadium with Chelsea taking on Liverpool. In the first half, Grafenberg went off injured, Raheem Sterling had a goal disallowed for offside and Gakpo headed a header off the post. In the second half, a goal from Virgil van Dijk was disallowed and Conor Gallagher's shot hit the post. Going into extra-time, Van Dijk scored with a header in the 117th minute to score the winner. Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 to win the title, and they still have title hopes in all three competitions, including the Premier League, and have a chance of hitting the quadruple crown.
In this competition, Liverpool have won the title nine times and Chelsea five times before. Liverpool's injury situation is more serious, with 11 players including Salah, Alisson, Nunez, Jota and Jones unavailable, and Chelsea's squad is aligned.
Liverpool won set-pieces on the right in quick succession, but neither penalty created a shot on goal. The first shot came from Liverpool, when Robertson crossed from the left and Dias headed in a header that the goalkeeper confiscated. Chelsea's chance, a set-piece was dubbed for the top of the box when Gusto fired a volley from the edge of the box from a good angle and the goalkeeper saved. After that, Liverpool counter-attacked, and McAllister fired a long-range shot that was saved. In the 13th minute, Chelsea made a mistake at the back, Gakpo broke the ball, and Dias's low shot from the left side of the box was saved, missing a good chance. In the 20th minute, Raheem Sterling played the ball, Palmer's shot in the middle of the box was saved, and Jackson's follow-up shot was still blocked, missing a big opportunity.
Grafenberg was injured and was carried out on a stretcher, Liverpool made a passive substitution, and Gomes came on. In the 31st minute, there was a chance to counterattack, Jackson crossed from the right, and Sterling outflanked it and pushed it into the goal. VAR stepped in to check and the pass was cleared for offside by Jackson and the goal was disallowed. After that, Robertson's cross from the left was met by Gakpo's header, which bounced off the post and no player followed up. Just before half-time, Bradley's low shot from the middle of the box was blocked. In stoppage time, Ben Chilwell and Bradley clashed and both received yellow cards.
Yibian fought again, Gakpo made the ball, and Endo Hang hit a volley wide at the edge of the penalty area. Palmer played the ball and Enzo came with a backheel shot in the middle of the box and it went wide, and it was a good chance. After that, Palmer cut inside from the right and fired a low shot that went just wide. From the left, Elliott came home with a volley of good quality and Petrovic flew to save. In the 60th minute, a free kick opportunity on the left side of the front field, Robertson drove it, and Van Dijk headed it in. VAR intervened and ruled that Endo was offside and the goal was invalidated.
A Chelsea corner, a header from a team-mate in front of the post and Disasi fired high from close range and missed a chance. Liverpool made a substitution, with young midfielder Clarke coming on and Bradley, who had a yellow card, being replaced. Palmer's cross from the right was flanked by Conor Gallagher and the ball hit the post. In the 85th minute, Palmer's clever pass gave Gallagher a one-on-one chance, but his shot was blocked by Kelleher and missed. In the 90th minute, Chelsea had four shots on goal from inside the box, all of which were unscored.
Liverpool had more chances going into extra-time, with Elliott and young striker Danse each heading a good shot on target. In the 117th minute, Tsimikas took a corner kick, Van Dijk nodded the ball in front of the goal, and the ball bounced in front of the goal, 1-0Liverpool lead!