Chelsea vs Man City: Pep Guardiola's men retain Carabao Cup title after beating Blues on penalties
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City retained the English League Cup by beating Chelsea 4-3 on penalties after a bizarre climax to the Wembley showpiece on Sunday which saw Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refuse to be substituted.
Nothing could separate the sides as the match finished 0-0 after extra time but it was City who claimed the season's first major silverware as they won the shootout.
Raheem Sterling fired the decisive spot kick past Spaniard Arrizabalaga to complete the first part of what could be a quadruple for Pep Guardiola's side.
Arrizabalaga minutes earlier been involved in surely one of the strangest incidents in a Wembley final when he defied Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri's orders to come off in the closing minutes of extra time after appearing to be injured.
Sarri, who had told substitute keeper Willy Caballero to take over from Arrizabalaga, was left fuming in the technical area at the open show of mutiny by one of his players.
"It was a big misunderstanding because I understood the keeper had cramp and was unable to go to the penalties. But it was not cramp and he could go to the penalties," Sarri said.
To compound matters Arrizabalaga then dived over Sergio Aguero's weak penalty during the shootout.
He did save from Leroy Sane but when Chelsea's David Luiz struck the post with his spot kick, it was left to Sterling to smash his penalty high into the roof of the net and send the City fans into delirium after a tense afternoon.
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Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 82 minutes
Ilkay Gündoğan moves into the Chelsea box nicely, but rather stagnates as he finds all possible avenues of further exploration blocked, N'Golo Kante again swiftly back to prevent a clever Cruyff turn from extricating the German and creating a shooting opportunity.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 84 minutes
Leroy Sane is being prepared to take the field.
81,775 the official attendance for the final. About ten minutes left until we head for the extra half-an-hour.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 85 minutes
Here comes Sane.
Kevin De Bruyne joins David Silva on the Manchester City bench. A touch surprising, but Bernardo Silva will move into the midfield role where he has been so impressive this season.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 87 minutes
A clever piece of skill from Callum Hudson-Odoi, pirouetting past Oleksandr Zinchenko with quick feet, earning a free kick wide on the right.
Willian will look to deliver...
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 88 minutes
The ball flies across the Manchester City box twice and there's a brief scramble as David Luiz's drive is blocked, but Manchester City clear.
And they counter at real pace! Raheem Sterling knocks the ball beyond Jorginho who has no choice but to use his shoulder to buffet Sterling to floor, earning only a yellow to the chagrin of the Manchester City players.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 89 minutes
Another double-barrelled introduction for Chelsea, making this writer rather happy.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Ross Barkley.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 90 minutes
Four minutes of stoppage time indicated.
Extra time beckons...
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 90 + 1 minutes
Into the book goes Nicolas Otamendi for a laboured lunge on Eden Hazard, the Belgian too quick down the left wing.
Free kick by the corner flag. This could be Chelsea's best chance of a late winner.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 90 + 2 minutes
Tipped over!
I think Willian is trying to cross but the ball is floating into the top corner regardless, Ederson just about getting fingertips to the ball and tipping over the bar.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 90 + 3 minutes
Manchester City defuse the resulting corner kick.
But suddenly Eden Hazard burst clean through, but the linesman surprisingly raises his flag before Hazard can finish, even with VAR. He might have been onside, too. Interesting...
A ridiculous turn from Ruben Loftus-Cheek taking down a floated pass from Kepa before releasing Hazard, highlighting the midfielder's quality.
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