It’s one of the specialized position on the field thus it calls for perfection and Willy Caballero did close to that as he managed to fearless the storm as Manchester City wins the Capital One Cup beating Liverpool 3-1 in penalty kicks.
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Right-back Sagna believes City’s dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final can provide a springboard for a strong charge in the Barclays Premier League and Champions League.
Jesus Navas Sergio Aguero scored penalties before Yaya Touré’s winning kick.
Pellegrini was criticised for prioritising Europe over the FA Cup, as a weakened XI bowed out at Stamford Bridge. One week on brought vindication for the Chilean, however. “A lot of media were waiting to criticise me if Willy Caballero makes a mistake”, he said. My word is more important than football… Happy to win a title in February.
The Merseysiders were beaten by Manchester City in a penalty shootout at Wembley after a 1-1 draw at the end of extra time on Sunday.
“A few words were said after the game, not many, but the few words was that we have got to push on now in the Europa League”.
The Reds went down on penalties at Wembley after a hard-fought 90 minutes and an extra half-hour that brought chances at both ends. They had a few counter-attacks and we were too open in one or two situations, but we were back in the game. I am just so happy for the club and so proud. We lost a final, so it’s not too good.
Coutinho’s strike in the 80th minute at the national stadium was Liverpool’s first shot on target in the whole match against City, as the Merseysiders found it hard to create chances on the day.
Cup final hero Caballero added: “It’s unbelievable, to win this cup, for me it’s wonderful”. It was a hard, hard week for me. I hope we can win more trophies. “It is fantastic for all the blue people on this side”.
Klopp, who was forced into an early defensive reshuffle as Mamadou Sakho suffered a head injury, also defended his penalty takers and explained that Daniel Sturridge could not be amongst the five players selected. You can’t say it wasn’t important because it was. It is not the best moment but tomorrow morning maybe we can change everything.
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“Caballero – wonderful! He was so fast and waited to the last second to go to the ball and he did it very well”. It is really important.
