This page is now closed. These were the updates as Liverpool beat Chelsea in the EFL Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, February 25:
Liverpool celebrations
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Liverpool players celebrate after winning the EFL or Carabao Cup final [Carl Recine/Reuters]
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Virgil van Dijk and Caoimhin Kelleher celebrate [Paul Childs/Action Images via Reuters]
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and captain Virgil van Dijk celebrate [Carl Recine/Reuters]
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Klopp tips his hat to fans [Paul Childs/Action Images via Reuters]
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Liverpool’s players and manager celebrate with the trophy [Hannah Mckay/Reuters]
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14h ago (19:08 GMT)
Goodbye for now!
That’s it for our live coverage from Wembley Stadium as Chelsea claim the first piece of domestic silverware in England this season.
Reds captain Virgil van Dijk headed the only goal with only two minutes remaining of extra time.
We hope you enjoyed our live page and all the build-up and commentary.
Please do join us again soon for more live action.
For now, though – from me, Kevin Hand – it’s goodbye.
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14h ago (18:40 GMT)
Schedule ‘not made for winning a lot’
Jurgen Klopp added that his team has picked up a number of other injuries, including Ryan Gravenberch, ahead of their FA Cup match midweek.
“We don’t have a team at the moment for Southampton on Wednesday,” he said.
“We will somehow have a team on Wednesday.
“The schedule of the Premier League in this country and all the other competitions are not made for winning a lot.”
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14h ago (18:37 GMT)
Klopp expresses his pride in the club
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he is incredibly proud of the on-the-pitch performance of his team, which is the result of the “environment” at the club.
“What happened is absolutely insane,” Klopp told Sky Sports. “These things are not possible. The team, the squad, the academy – full of character.”
“I’m so proud of the young players. It’s the environment we all created together. They know exactly what they have to do.
“We had lucky moments; they had lucky moments. It was crazy, but the boys showed up.”
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14h ago (18:24 GMT)
The trophy count for Liverpool
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14h ago (18:18 GMT)
Virgil van Dijk is back on the mic
The Liverpool captain says the fact that this is Jurgen Klopp’s last season as manager is not something the players are thinking of yet.
“The talk about it being Jurgen Klopp’s last season is not from within the squad – it’s only from the outside,” van Dijk told Sky Sports.
“It is good to see [these scenes] for Jurgen, though.”
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14h ago (18:15 GMT)
A record-extending win
Liverpool have extended their record haul of EFL Cup wins to 10 with their victory against Chelsea.
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15h ago (18:07 GMT)
A wall of red serenades the supporters
Liverpool players, staff and the team’s manager line up in a row in front of their fans at Wembley and join in a united rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone.
The Anfield anthem bellows around Wembley Stadium.
Jurgen Klopp is beaming. We shall soon find out what he’s thinking.
They must be the most mixed of emotions.
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15h ago (18:05 GMT)
The players take to the on-field podium
As is customary around the world now, an on-field podium awaits the Liverpool players once they are back down on the pitch.
The Reds line up with their manager for another trophy lift and the group photos.
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15h ago (18:03 GMT)
It feels as though it has an added edge after Klopp’s announcement
Whether or not it’s because this is manager Jurgen Klopp’s last season, it does seem as though there is an extra emotion to this moment.
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15h ago (18:01 GMT)
The ticker tape is released as the players pass the trophy along
The Wembley scene, from the old stadium or this new incarnation, is recognised the world over. Liverpool are in their element.
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15h ago (17:58 GMT)
Klopp and van Dijk lift the cup
The manager and captain hold the EFL Cup aloft together.
It’s the iconic pairing of this Liverpool generation.
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15h ago (17:57 GMT)
Klopp leads the Liverpool players up the Wembley stairs
The manager goes first.
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15h ago (17:56 GMT)
‘I can’t wait until he leaves’
Those were the thoughts of former Manchester United defender Gary Neville on Sky Sports as the camera followed Liverpool’s manager.
“Look at the emotion of Jurgen Klopp,” Neville said. “I can’t wait until he leaves.”
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15h ago (17:53 GMT)
Klopp relishes the moment
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said this will be his last season in charge of the Anfield club.
The German is clearly relishing every moment and soaking up the atmosphere.
Will he really want to walk away from this? If he does so, then he won’t ever walk alone – the hearts of the Liverpool fans and his players will clearly always be with him.
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15h ago (17:50 GMT)
The Liverpool captain speaks of his pride
Virgil van Dyke said the effort of a youthful side to beat Chelsea was incredible.
“All the young boys on the pitch in extra time – I’m so proud of the team,” he told Sky Sports.
“They had chances, we had chance. This is the first trophy for me as Liverpool captain.
“This emotion is everything.
“We will never take these things for granted. We did a job and all credit to the team.”
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15h ago (17:47 GMT)
The Liverpool captain, a colossus
Virgil van Dijk’s solitary strike at the very end of extra time was the 42nd effort on goal in the match and the 20th on target.
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15h ago (17:46 GMT)
Chelsea capitulated
The Blues fell apart in extra time.
The injury-hit Liverpool squad pulled through with youthful, fresh legs coming on to outrun Chelsea’s stars, who wilted as time ran on.
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15h ago (17:44 GMT)
Liverpool have won the EFL Cup!
The whistle blows and the Reds have done it.
Full time in extra time: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:40 GMT)
Three minutes of added time
Christopher Nkunku volleys at goal from inside the box, but Virgil van Dijk drops his head to block the shot.
120+1 minutes: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:39 GMT)
Surely Liverpool have won it
The Liverpool captain charged at a corner from the right and glanced his header across the goal from the near post.
That must be the winner.
119 minutes: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:37 GMT)
GOAL!
Virgil van Dijk heads home.
118 minutes: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:36 GMT)
Petrovic with an incredible save
The Chelsea keeper kicks out his left leg to deny Harvey Elliott’s header on the line.
It appeared for all the world as though the deadlock had finally been broken.
Even in the scramble that followed, it appeared impossible for the ball not to end up in the net. But the Blues stopper threw himself on the ball to end the move.
116 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:34 GMT)
Chelsea sub
There’s a moment of calm and Ben Chilwell comes off for Trevoh Chalobah.
113 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:31 GMT)
Chelsea win the corner
Mykhailo Mudryk wins a corner on the left for the Blues, who have started this period brightly.
The Chelsea sub takes the kick, and it’s a poor one and easily cleared.
109 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:27 GMT)
Under way in the second half of extra time
A huge number of substitutions have been rolling through in the last 30 minutes or so.
You can click on our “match stats” tabs to take them all in.
It’s fresh legs for both teams, but some very young ones for Liverpool with all their absentees.
Jarell Quansah is the latest to be introduced by the Reds.
106 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:23 GMT)
Half-time in extra time
This has been a truly brilliant goalless draw so far.
Half-time in extra time: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:20 GMT)
Chelsea win the corner
Liverpool clear, but the Blues have managed to buy themselves some time to breathe even if they haven’t created a chance in the first half of extra time.
115 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:19 GMT)
Chelsea get out of their half
The Blues attack from the left and then the right.
Neither move comes to anything, but this gets Chelsea out of their half.
113 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:17 GMT)
Liverpool dominate on and off the pitch
The Reds fans are drowning out the Chelsea fans. It’s hard to know if they are singing at all.
The team have been penned in, and nerves are jangling for the Blues.
110 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:16 GMT)
Elliott hits the side netting
Liverpool come again on the left, and Chelsea look tired.
The ball makes its way across the box to Harvey Elliott at the back post, and the Liverpool forward drills it.
It’s the wrong side of the post as far as the Reds are concerned.
98 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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15h ago (17:14 GMT)
Chelsea clear the corner
The Blues deal with the resulting corner and a Liverpool free kick, crossed into the box, that follows a few moments afterwards.
95 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (17:10 GMT)
Liverpool draw the save
Virgil van Dijk remains up from the corner and, when the ball is turned back in, he heads across goal.
Jayden Danns runs onto the ball but heads just above the keeper, who makes the save.
He probably shouldn’t have given Djordje Petrovic a chance.
93 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (17:08 GMT)
Early Liverpool corner
The Reds win the corner on the right, but it’s cleared.
92 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (17:07 GMT)
Under way in extra time
Will it take penalties to separate these two teams? They have both given it everything in a pulsating encounter.
91 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:59 GMT)
Full time in normal time
Into extra time they go at Wembley.
So many chances, so much drama. But it’s goalless between Chelsea and Liverpool after 90 minutes.
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16h ago (16:57 GMT)
Pinball meets table-top football
Chelsea were so close to finding the winner.
The ball ricochets between six or seven players from both sides as legs are swung relentlessly from all.
Liverpool keep the ball out somehow.
90+3 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:54 GMT)
Six minutes of added time
Christopher Nkunku goes down in the box as Chelsea attack but no one, including VAR, shows any interest.
90+1 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:53 GMT)
Jackson is set free
Nicolas Jackson runs through seconds after Conor Gallagher, but Ibrahima Konate displays his pace to recover.
The ball remains alive as Jackson holds up play before laying off for Gallagher.
This one is blazed over from just outside the box.
88 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:50 GMT)
Gallagher breaks through
Conor Gallagher is released one-on-one with the keeper, but is hesitant and closed quickly as the shot is smothered.
It’s perhaps the best chance of the match. But the Chelsea midfielder allowed the Reds keeper too much time to advance.
85 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:47 GMT)
Just out of reach
Christopher Nkunku slides at the back post to meet a cross, but with the goal gaping, the ball was just too far ahead of the Chelsea sub.
84 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:46 GMT)
‘He goes for glory’
Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville was less than impressed with the Joe Gomez effort.
80 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:45 GMT)
Liverpool draw the save
Joe Gomez gets into the box but the angle is tight and the save is comfortably made.
It was optimistic to hit it first time from there.
79 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:40 GMT)
Chelsea hit the post
Cole Palmer passes into the box from the right and Conor Gallagher runs onto the ball but his first-time effort, from eight yards out, rebounds back off the post.
76 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:38 GMT)
‘How is this game goalless’
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is part of the commentary team on Sky Sports and says exactly what we are all thinking.
74 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:37 GMT)
Liverpool make a change
Conor Bradley, who was booked in the first half, comes off for Bobby Clark.
72 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:35 GMT)
Gakpo blazes over
Luis Diaz runs incisively towards the box from the left flank and the ball breaks to Cody Gakpo but his drive from just outside the area sails over.
69 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:33 GMT)
Disasi misses a sitter
The Chelsea corner is flicked at the near post and Axel Disasi meets the ball at the far post. But from barely two yards out, the ball hits the defender’s knee and goes over the bar.
68 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:31 GMT)
Chelsea waste a free kick but win a corner
The ball is whipped from a decent position on the right wing, but it’s over everyone.
Ben Chilwell wins a corner on the left flank in the follow-up.
68 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
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16h ago (16:29 GMT)
Chelsea substitution
Raheem Sterling is booed off by his former fans at Liverpool and Christopher Nkunku takes his place.
66 minutes: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool
