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Follow the latest events from today's Capital One Cup final

Simon Rice,Sam Dymond

Sunday 28 February 2016 09:50 EST

Roberto Firmino and Emre Can attempt to dispossess Yaya Toure — Roberto Firmino and Emre Can attempt to dispossess Yaya Toure (Getty Images)

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Welcome to our live coverage of this afternoon's Capital One Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley.

The match kicks off at 4.30pm
Jurgen Klopp looking to win first trophy at Liverpool
Manuel Pellegrini seeking to end Man City reign with trophy
Liverpool unbeaten in last eight FA and League Cup games against Man City
Liverpool appearing in record 12th League Cup final, they've lifted it eight times
Man City have won the trophy three times - most recently in 2014

Follow all the build-up and then the latest action below...

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today's Capital One Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 13:44

Today's match kicks off at 4.30pm - from that point on we'll bring you minute-by-minute updates on all the events at Wembley. At around 3.30pm we'll have the team news and prior to that we bring you all the build-up you need to enjoy the match.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 13:45

Liverpool vs Man City statistical XI - Kompany and Henderson miss outThe IndependentVincent Kompany is one of the big name omissions from a combined Liverpool and Manchester City XI based on statistics this season.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 13:45

Kompany man can still remember City’s gloom before the glory yearsThe IndependentAll clubs and national teams have players who carry their deep memories. In the great Australia cricket sides that rampaged through the 1990s, it was Steve Waugh, who alone knew what it was like to be humbled in an Ashes series. Roy Keane’s rage stemmed from a knowledge of what Manchester United had been at the turn of the millennium and how deep the club had slumped before his exit.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 13:55

Klopp plans a gegenpress triumph for LiverpoolThe IndependentAcross the training fields of Melwood, mannequins are placed at equal distances from each other on pitches split into thirds. Here Liverpool’s players are taught the difference between high, medium, and low pressing. Before games Jürgen Klopp will target a “pressing victim” in the opposition, if one is available, reflecting his opinion of the individual’s ability on the ball; whenever that individual receives possession, Klopp wants five or even six of his team to hunt him down.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 14:05

City keep faith with Caballero to the finishThe IndependentManuel Pellegrini will risk Manchester City’s best hope of silverware this season by leaving England goalkeeper Joe Hart on the substitutes’ bench for Sunday's Capital One Cup final against Liverpool, choosing instead to keep faith with Argentine understudy Willy Caballero. The City manager, who will relinquish his post in the summer following confirmation of the appointment of Pep Guardiola on a three-year contract, has selected Caballero for every round of the competition so far this season.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 14:15

Liverpool vs Man City: 10 match factsThe IndependentAhead of the League Cup Final between Liverpool and Man City, we pick out 10 match facts using our free football app - Independent Football Live. Liverpool vs Man City - Sunday, 4.30pm - Wembley This will be Liverpool’s 12th League Cup final, a record for the competition. Of the previous 11, they’ve lifted the trophy eight times (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2012).

Simon Rice28 February 2016 14:25

Klopp still has work to do at Liverpool despite reaching cup finalThe IndependentRegulars at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground talk about the big, booming laugh that announces that Jürgen Klopp is in the building. They tell you also, though, that Melwood can be a quieter, more business-like place after the German stopped the practice of players’ friends hanging about in the reception at the end of training, waiting to give lifts.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 14:35

Team news: Pellegrini makes keeper call for League Cup finalThe IndependentWilly Caballero remains in goal for Manchester City, with Manuel Pellegrini showing faith in Joe Hart's understudy for today's Capital One Cup final against Liverpool. Otherwise Manchester City are unchanged from the side that beat Dinamo Kiev 3-1 in the Champions League in midweek. Striker Wilfried Bony and winger Jesus Navas return from injury and are attacking options from the bench.

Simon Rice28 February 2016 15:50

We're just a quarter of an hour away from kick-off at Wembley where the first piece of domestic silverware is online.

The Capital One Cup final is live in 15 minutes.

It's tiny. Hardly seems worth the hassle.

Sam Dymond28 February 2016 16:18

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