利物浦點球大戰擊敗切爾西晉級八強

Wesley Fofana missed the decisive spot kick as Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to set up a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Andoni Iraola's former side Bournemouth.

Fofana, whose handball gifted Liverpool their equaliser from the spot in normal time, scooped his penalty into the Kop after Giorgi Mamardashvili had denied Chelsea debutant Emmanuel Emegha.

Valentin Barco, another substitute, also missed his spot kick, sending his effort onto the post, but Ryan Gravenberch was thwarted by Mike Penders and Kostas Tsimikas fired over to keep a dramatic shoot-out going before Joe Gomez capitalised on Emegha's miss and Fofana fired over.

The goals also came from the spot in normal time, with Morgan Rogers and Cody Gakpo converting within three minutes of each other as a cagey first half burst into life before the break.

Both penalties were needlessly conceded, with Gravenberch first fouling Moises Caicedo when he was running away from goal, and Fofana then bizarrely raising his hand to touch a Tzimikas corner.

There were chances for both sides to win it in the second half, with Penders saving from substitute Bradley Barcola and Ronald Araujo, and Mamardashvili denying Rogers and Chelsea substitute Marco Palestra. But the two sides could not be separated.

While Chelsea named a strong starting line-up, Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola included four youngsters in Trey Nyoni, Rio Ngumoha, James McConnell and Lewis Koumas, and the visitors were unable to make their greater experience count.

這場勝利使利物浦在各項賽事中取得了五連勝。對於切爾西來說，這是繼英超輸給熱刺之後的連續第二場失利。藍軍還因腿筋明顯受傷而在上半場失去了後衛馬克森斯·拉克魯瓦。

對於阿隆索和切爾西中場球員喬丹·亨德森來說，這一切都導致安菲爾德的迴歸不愉快。切爾西現在已經連續五次點球大戰輸給利物浦了。

平局將於 12 月 14 日開始的一週內進行。

“我認爲這是一場相當水平的比賽。競爭非常激烈，兩支球隊都沒有太多機會。我們有一些時刻，他們也有一些時刻。

"We are really happy with the performances of a lot of the players and obviously happy to finish on the right end of the penalty shoot-out because it gave us the chance to be in the draw.

On Liverpool's young starters: "I think they did a good job. I think they deserved the right to play because they were also very good against Spurs in the last round. We told them, they are first-team players and we are confident if they have to play.

“他們向我們展示了他們的水平非常高，並且給了我們很多幫助。”

關於利物浦的連勝：“這是主場三連勝，這非常重要。 We were struggling a little bit at home.現在我們有信心取得三連勝，而週日我們將對陣阿森納，這是最重要的一場。”

“就是這樣的處罰，有人回家後會覺得外出很艱難。但我們看到了一場真正的杯賽，激烈且非常接近。 Then penalties are open for everything.

"We performed with enough level to compete at Anfield. After scoring the first goal we unluckily conceded the penalty. The game was really close from both sides.

"It was a solid performance.我們沒有丟掉很多機會，所以他不需要做太多工作，但他（邁克·彭德斯）非常穩定和紮實。 That was very important.

“我看到一支球隊在競爭並表現出良好的水平。這對我們來說是最不重要的比賽，現在的焦點是英超聯賽。”