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Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to set up Bournemouth cup tie

Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to set up Bournemouth cup tie

Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties at Anfield on Wednesday to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Bournemouth. Morgan Rogers and Cody Gakpo scored from the spot in normal time as the match finished 1-1.

Joe Gomez put Liverpool ahead in the shootout before Wesley Fofana sent his effort over the bar to settle the tie. Chelsea's Emmanuel Emegha had earlier had a chance to win it in sudden death, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saved his penalty. Kostas Tsimikas also shot over with a chance to win it for Liverpool, while Ryan Gravenberch and Valentin Barco failed to convert.

Liverpool had won all four previous shootouts against Chelsea: the 2007 Champions League semi-final, the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final and the FA Cup and League Cup finals in 2022.

  • Before Chelsea's Carabao Cup visit to Liverpool, Xabi Alonso confirmed that João Pedro had suffered a thigh injury in training and would be unavailable for a few weeks.
  • Chelsea striker Emmanuel Emegha had recovered from a hamstring injury and was available before the Liverpool cup tie, having joined from Strasbourg that summer.