Virgil van Dijk, headed a 118th-minute winner to seal the Carabao Cup for the club with a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s swansong season has guaranteed at least one piece of silverware for the club, but it took a long time to get there in a topsy-turvy encounter that somehow stayed goalless for nearly the duration at Wembley.
There were posts hit at each end, VAR foils for each team and a string of chances denied. But with penalties looming it was Van Dijk who settled it, rising highest to head in from a corner.
It is the 10th time Liverpool have won Carabao Cup, increasing their position as the most successful team in the history of the competition ahead of Manchester City (eight).
For Chelsea there will only be regret, and Mauricio Pochettino’s wait for a first trophy in England continues.
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