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, 117 minutes
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Antonio Rudiger stumbles, Leroy Sane nips in, who moves the ball on to Sergio Aguero and opens space for his striker with a powerful run down left.
Aguero looks to shoot from inside the 'D', but it is weak and Kepa just about clings on low to his left.
Kepa stood up sore after Cesar Azpilicueta's heroic tackle ten-or-so minutes ago, and he's really struggling now...
How's this for a potential story?
Willy Caballero is stripped off and ready to come on against his former club...
Or is he?
Kepa waves him back to the bench.
He'll continue, but with penalties looming how healthy is he.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 120 minutes
Kepa is furious.
Maurizio Sarri is replacing his goalkeeper despite the Spaniard's protests. The board has gone up.
Extraordinary scenes. Kepa is standing his ground.
Three minutes have been added on.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 120 + 1 minutes
Jon Moss is going to have a chat with Gianfranco Zola and Maurizio Sarri.
Willy Caballero returns to the bench. Kepa has won the battle of wills with his manager.
Maurizio Sarri is absolutely fuming.
Wait, he's back again.
The Chelsea boss is absolutely irate, but he retakes his seat on the bench.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 120 + 3 minutes
What a peculiar situation.
The additional time in additional time ticks past the additional time indicated as Chelsea launch a free kick to no-one in particular.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 120 + 4 minutes
Sergio Aguero takes the ball down brilliantly from a long Ederson punt, but can't find a shot.
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