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place
- Anfield
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referee
- Darren England
Cody Gakpo 43′ (pen)
Morgan Rogers 40′ (Pen)
Both sides scored penalties at the end of the first half, with Morgan Rogers’ spot kick equalized by Cody Gakpo. in a match that up to that point had lacked quality.
Much-changed XIs from both sides failed to mount enough threats after the break as the game was decided on penalties after a 90-minute draw.
After the penalty shootout went to sudden death that saw both Ryan Gravenberch and debutant Emmanuel Emegha miss, Wesley Fofana fired home his penalty to give the hosts victory and progression to the quarter-finals.
Match statistics
Goals from Rogers and Gakpo save the first half
Liverpool and Chelsea produced a tricky first half at Anfield, with little separating the teams until the closing stages and neither side registering a shot before the 22nd minute.
Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 39th minute when Ryan Gravenberch brought down Moises Caicedo in the box, allowing Rogers to step up and dispatch Giorgi Mamardashvili from the penalty spot with an emphatic shot.
After almost no chances before that, Liverpool hit back almost immediately, with Wesley Fofana taking a corner to concede a penalty of his own, and Cody Gakpo calmly converting in the 43rd minute to level the scores at 1-1.
Gakpo threatened again with a curling effort that drew a save from Filip Penders, while Chelsea defender Maxence Lacroix limped off with a hamstring injury as the half ended.
Rogers squandered a golden opportunity after running on goal early in the second half, taking a strong touch before forcing a save from Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Chelsea surged in the half, with Pedro Neto testing Mamardashvili from distance before Ronald Araujo saw a powerful header deflected away from close range by Filip Penders.
Rogers spurned another chance on the counter as the game began to open up, before Chelsea substitute Bradley Barcola forced a fine low save from Penders with a fierce drive from 20 yards.
Liverpool introduced Florian Wirtz and Barcola in the 58th minute, but neither team could find a breakthrough as the tie remained locked at 1-1.
Chelsea began to look more threatening in the final 15 minutes as Marco Pelestra and Rogers went close, before Wirtz wasted a good chance of his own from 10 yards after Gakpo had brought the ball down. Neither team did enough to find victory, and we went to penalties.
The Reds win the shootout
After three perfect penalties apiece, Valentin Barco hit the post with Chelsea’s fourth penalty in the shoot-out, but Kostas Tsimikas sent his header high over the crossbar to keep the game alive and eventually heading into sudden death after Jordan Henderson scored a penalty under pressure on his return to Anfield.
Gravenberch and Emegha both missed their kicks in sudden death, before Joe Gomez buried his to put all the pressure on the Blues once again. Fofana fired home his penalty to end a night to forget and hand the home side the cup win.
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