Jürgen Klopp's young Liverpool side won the EFL Cup in a tense final against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium thanks to Virgil van Dijk's goal deep into extra time.
The Liverpool center-back felt he'd scored a header in normal time, but VAR controversially ruled it out because Wataru Endō interfered with play from an offside position on a free kick.
Liverpool wins its tenth EFL Cup, more than any other team, while Chelsea became the first to lose six consecutive major English domestic cup finals.
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Chelsea versus Liverpool Post-Match Realities:
Liverpool have won the Association Cup for the tenth time - the most by any group throughout the entire existence of the opposition. Two of those have gone under current administrator Jürgen Klopp, with just Bounce Paisley (3) winning it all the more frequently accountable for the Reds.
Chelsea have lost in every one of their last three Association Cup finals (2019, 2022 and 2024) - this after just losing two of their initial seven finals in the opposition somewhere in the range of 1965 and 2015.
Chelsea supervisor Mauricio Pochettino has just won one of his 14 games as a chief against Jürgen Klopp (D5 L8), going winless in eight matches since recording his main such triumph (Spikes 4-1 Liverpool in October 2017).
Liverpool have gone to extra-time in every one of their last five Association Cup finals (2005, 2012, 2016, 2022 and 2024), as well as in nine of their 11 last matches in the opposition played at Wembley.
Liverpool's champ - scored by Virgil Van Dijk in the 118th moment - was the most recent winning objective scored in an Association Cup last since Aston Estate's Brian Minimal in the 1977 last (119th moment v Everton).
Virgil Van Dijk scored in back to back games without precedent for his Liverpool vocation (versus Luton and Chelsea), with the present last being his 252nd appearance for the club.
As Ryan Gravenberch (21), Conor Bradley (20), and Harvey Elliott (20), Liverpool began three players matured 21 or more youthful in a significant last for the absolute first time in the club's set of experiences.
Jayden Danns (18), Bobby Clark (19) and James McConnell (19) all highlighted for Liverpool in this last - the most young people to show up in an Association Cup last for a group since Stockpile in 2007 (four - Walcott, Fabregas, Denilson and Traore).
Enzo Fernández made his 50th beginning for Chelsea across all contests, the most beginnings by any player for the Blues since his club debut in February 2023.
Liverpool have rolled out 217 improvements to their beginning XI across all contests this season, 54 a larger number of than the Chief Association group with the following most line-up changes (Manchester City, 163).
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool Details Center:
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