Liverpool continued their hex over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup with a penalty shootout triumph at Anfield on Wednesday night. It seemed apt that the contest would be settled by penalties as both goals in the regulation 90 minutes came…
Liverpool players mobbed goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili after he helped secure a 6-5 penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup at Anfield. The match finished 1-1 in regulation time following first-half penalties from Morgan Rogers and Cody Gakpo, forcing the contest to spot kicks to decide who reached the quarter-finals.
Mamardashvili kept Liverpool alive by denying Emmanuel Emegha's potential match-winning penalty before Joe Gomez scored and Chelsea's Wesley Fofana missed. The Georgian shot-stopper also produced key saves during regulation time against Rogers and Marco Palestra to send the Reds into the final eight.
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