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, 90 + 4 minutes
We've ticked beyond the allotted additional time due to an injury to Fernandinho, who has trudged off for further treatment in these dying ebbs with what appears to be a groin complaint.
The game livened a little as it ebbed to the almost inevitable stalemate on full-time, but it isn't a match you'd be hoping to see half-an-hour more of.
Still, that's the situation. Penalties wait to separate the side should the extra third of a game not produce a winner.
Fernandinho won't be able to continue.
Manchester City utilise an extra substitute afforded to them by the extra period. Danilo on, and presumably into midfield.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 91 minutes
Danilo in to the base of a Manchester City midfield now shorn of all three who started there.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 93 minutes
Manchester City with the possession early on in extra time.
Chelsea sitting deep again, and happy to see Ilkay Gundogan speculatively shoot comfortably over the bar.
Gonzalo Higuain will soon be introduced.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 95 minutes
Willian is the man to be replaced by Gonzalo Higuain.
Eden Hazard to the left, Higuain through the middle.
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City, 97 minutes
Callum Hudson-Odoi lurks ominously as Oleksandr Zinchenko just about rises in time to meet David Luiz diagonal.
Zinchenko then manages the Chelsea winger's threat well to prevent him crossing, but does concede a corner.
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