Soccer-Liverpool hold nerve to beat Chelsea on penalties in League Cup final


Soccer Football - Carabao Cup Final - Chelsea v Liverpool - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - February 27, 2022 Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga is consoled by Marcos Alonso after the match REUTERS/David Klein

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool held their nerve to win an astonishing penalty shoot-out 11-10 and edge out Chelsea in the English League Cup final on Sunday after a rip-roaring contest had somehow ended 0-0 after extra time at Wembley.

Both sides could claim to have been deserving winners in a classic free-flowing encounter full of goalscoring chances, remarkable saves and four disallowed goals.

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