Liverpool vs Manchester City player ratings: Willy Caballero stars with penalty shoot-out heroics
A look at the individual performances in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City won the Capital One Cup thanks to a shoot-out victory over Liverpool after the match ended 1-1 after extra-time.
After a dreadful first-half of football in which the only moments of note were Sergio Aguero's shot hitting a post and Mamadou Sakho looking confused after a clash of heads, the final came to life in the second period.
Fernandinho opened the scoring when he managed to get his shot underneath Simon Mignolet despite shooting from a tight angle.
After that Manchester City had the chances to secure the trophy for a fourth time however chances went begging, most notably Raheem Sterling's shot that went wide of the post when he really should have scored.
Liverpool would equalise late on when substitute Adam Lallana's shot came back off the post to the feet of Philippe Coutinho who kept calm and put the ball into the back of the net to the joy of the Liverpool supporters behind the goal.
Manchester City however would go on to prevail with goalkeeper Willy Caballero saving three of Liverpool's penalties in the shoot-out.
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