Monday, 7 March 2016

CITY BEAT LIVERPOOL 3-1 ON PENALTIES TO EMERGE CAPITAL ONE CHAMPIONS




Manchester City have won the 2016 Capital One Cup following their 3-1 Penalty Shootouts win ‎over Liverpool at the Wembley Stadium, in what was the first trophy in England’s top flight.
Both sides could not be separated at the end of extra time having played a one-all draw due to Philippe Coutinho’s late equaliser to cancel out Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho’s opener.  City were gifted an opening of their own as the match once again began to ebb and flow, with Aguero latching on to a poor Milner header only to send his attempted lob over the crossbar.
The match went all the way to penalties, though, as City’s late pressure failed to tell and they were taken to a first shootout since 2009, with Liverpool having been involved in six since then.
Manchester City goalkeeper Willy Caballero was the hero for Manuel Pellegrini’s side saving three spot kicks from Lucas Leiva, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana to seal a 3-1 win in the shootouts. That experience counted for little, however, as Caballero saved from Lucas, Coutinho and Lallana to allow Toure to stroke home the winning spot kick and give City their fourth League Cup crown.



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