Liverpool are determined to win the English League Cup final against Chelsea tonight. If successful, this trophy will be a great gift for the Reds’ second-tier players.
It is known, Liverpool made the English League Cup or also known as the Carabao Cup as a venue to provide the opportunity to appear for academy players or those who are not the first choice in the English League or Champions League.
Take Takumi Minamino, for example, who has never started in the Premier League but has scored 4 goals in 5 Carabao Cup matches. Likewise Caoimhin Kelleher who replaced Alisson Becker as the main goalkeeper.
In addition, there are still the names of Kostas Tsimikas, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konate, James Milner, Tyler Morton, Conor Bradley, to Neco Williams who were given the opportunity to play in this event.
The combination of the names of the ‘second tier’ with a number of core players such as Virgil van Dijk, Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino, to Jordan Henderson in fact succeeded in bringing Liverpool to the top match.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp did not want the results in the final to be anticlimactic. He wants his team to win the English League Cup, so that the academy players and those who rarely appear can still feel proud.
“This is the second time I’ve been in a final in this competition and I’ve lost a lot of finals, but won a few times too, and I still want to try (win) again,” Klopp told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“We are aware of the magnitude of the competition on the way to the final, every round we win is always fun. If we can win it, it will be a trophy that is deserved for the whole club.”
“Because we also field a number of players from the U-18, U-23 teams, and that makes the journey and the story even more fun. I hope we can bring the trophy home and celebrate with the academy team,” said Klopp hopefully.
The English League Cup Final between Chelsea vs Liverpool will be held at Wembley, London, Sunday (27/2/2022) at 23.30 WIB on Mola TV.
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