“The fact that a penalty shootout has gone on and Daniel Sturridge hasn’t taken one for Liverpool is stupid”.
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Consequently, the game went to penalties and despite Fernandinho missing the first one, Caballero saved penalties from Lucas, Coutinho and Lallana before Yaya Toure struck the winning penalty to win the League Cup for Manchester City.
“I’m also happy for Joe Hart, who is not only a great keeper and a good person but he was shouting and supporting Willy during the shootout”.
On his decision to keep faith with Caballero, City manager Manuel Pellegrini said: “I’d rather lose the title than lose my word”.
“We are very happy, I hope we can win more trophies”.
The Chilean will be replaced by Pep Guardiola at the end of the campaign but, whatever happens between now and May, he will be guaranteed an appreciative send-off after City triumphed 3-1 on penalties after the Wembley Stadium showpiece finished 1-1.
Pellegrini had suffered severe criticism for starting five youngsters in the 5-1 FA Cup rout by Chelsea around a week ago as well as for retaining Caballero as his cup keeper after his poor performance at Stamford Bridge.
“You train every day, every session, harder to win trophies and when you lose it makes no sense”.
“I was concerned about the amount of chances we missed but after that we played better in extra-time”, he said. It is very, very special, especially when I had to take a very hard decision with the players and go out of the FA Cup.
Pellegrini could add more to City’s trophy cabinet this season. City are nine points behind leaders Leicester with a game in hand and hold a 3-1 first-leg lead over Dynamo Kiev in their last-16 European tie. “We are not giving up on the Premier League or the Champions League”.
Next up for City is Liverpool again in a league fixture on Wednesday. “But tonight we feel rubbish”. “I am very pleased for all the players and staff but more for him because he deserved it”.
The abuse appeared to bother Sterling at one point when he bloated a corner way over his team-mates and then with Manchester City leading 1-0 he was culpable of a truly awful miss when he really should have scored.
“Are Liverpool good enough to win the Europa League?”
Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp sent Lallana on with 20 minutes remaining and the England midfielder was involved in the equaliser.
Can was in the side which lost to Aston Villa at Wembley last season after throwing away a first-half lead.
Coutinho had cancelled out Fernandinho’s opener, which squirmed under Simon Mignolet early in the second half, as Klopp was left to rue final heartbreak.
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Aguero waited for him to make an overlapping run and the Brazilian duly obliged before drilling in a shot that seemed to go straight through Mignolet.
