Chelsea vs Man City: Pep Guardiola's men retain Carabao Cup title after beating Blues on penalties
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City retained the English League Cup by beating Chelsea 4-3 on penalties after a bizarre climax to the Wembley showpiece on Sunday which saw Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refuse to be substituted.
Nothing could separate the sides as the match finished 0-0 after extra time but it was City who claimed the season's first major silverware as they won the shootout.
Raheem Sterling fired the decisive spot kick past Spaniard Arrizabalaga to complete the first part of what could be a quadruple for Pep Guardiola's side.
Arrizabalaga minutes earlier been involved in surely one of the strangest incidents in a Wembley final when he defied Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri's orders to come off in the closing minutes of extra time after appearing to be injured.
Sarri, who had told substitute keeper Willy Caballero to take over from Arrizabalaga, was left fuming in the technical area at the open show of mutiny by one of his players.
"It was a big misunderstanding because I understood the keeper had cramp and was unable to go to the penalties. But it was not cramp and he could go to the penalties," Sarri said.
To compound matters Arrizabalaga then dived over Sergio Aguero's weak penalty during the shootout.
He did save from Leroy Sane but when Chelsea's David Luiz struck the post with his spot kick, it was left to Sterling to smash his penalty high into the roof of the net and send the City fans into delirium after a tense afternoon.
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Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 100 minutes
An audacious pass from Ilkay Gundogan, pinpoint accuracy over 60 yards right into Oleksandr Zinchenko's stride.
Gundogan then finds Leroy Sane on the diagonal, but David Luiz is first to the German's header.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 101 minutes
Jorginho finds space on the edge of the box, but his attempted curler loops up and away from Ederson's goal.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 103 minutes
Back to the drearier stuff as half-time in extra time nears.
Jon Moss mercifully rules there is no need for additional time.
Half-time in extra time.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 107 minutes
A clever touch with the heel from Bernardo Silva sets Oleksandr Zinchenko free, and the young Ukranian wins a corner.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 108 minutes
Ilkay Gundogan's delivery sails over everyone and out for a Chelsea throw.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 109 minutes
How did that stay out?
Raheem Sterling benefits from a ricochet to move past David Luiz along the byline, forcing Kepa to move towards him and cutting back to Sergio Aguero.
Aguero seems set to turn the ball into the empty three-quarters of the next but Cesar Azpilicueta gets his foot in in the nick of time, disrupting the finish and allowing Kepa to desperately claw away.
Danilo's subsequent drive is deflected wide.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 113 minutes
That might have been the chance.
Chelsea are in their shells with plenty of men behind the ball, Manchester City reticent to commit men forward for fear of losing things late on.
Cesar Azpilicueta crosses out of play in the direction of Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Goal kick.
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