Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 to win its first domestic final after a decade.
After all 10 penalties had been scored, it was time for the goalkeepers. Kepa Arrizabalaga missed her Liverpool counterpart Caoimhin Kelleher’s goal.
Kepa was brought off the bench to serve as a penalties specialist as Edouard Mendy’s saves had kept the final at 0-0.
Thomas Tuchel, manager of Chelsea, was rewarded with the UEFA Super Cup title in August. However, there was no trophy to go with the Champions League or Club World Cup titles that were won last year.
Liverpool allowed Kelleher, 23 years old, to continue his role as goalkeeper in cup competitions instead of inserting Alisson Becker, the first-choice Alisson Becker, for the final.
Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool manager, stated that there should be room for sentiment in professional football. He is young, so we ask him to do lots. Then we reach the final, and he tells me he can’t play.
“I’m two things: a football manager, and a human being. The human being won this time, and it’s so nice that it paid off.” He deserves it.”
Liverpool’s most recent domestic cup final victory was the 2012 League Cup under Kenny Dalglish. Klopp has won the Champions League in 2019 as well as the Premier League in 2020.
Opening ceremonies included a pre-match showing of solidarity to the Ukrainian people following the invasion of Russia. Wembley was filled with applause as the blue and white of Ukraine appeared on the stadium screens.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson said that although some of the clips and videos are scary, it is likely to end soon so we can all have peace. “We stand united for Ukraine, because the situation is terrible.”
British politicians have criticized Roman Abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea’s west London club because of his continued ownership.
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Tomas Soucek won West Ham’s Premier League match against Wolverhampton 1-0.
West Ham was in sixth place in the league prior to the game. It had taken only five points from five previous matches. But Bruno Lage’s team won to propel West Ham to fifth. Manchester United is just two points behind in the final Champions League qualifying spot. Wolves is just five points behind West Ham for eighth place.
