Chelsea beat Liverpool 6-5 on penalties to reach League Cup quarterfinals

After a 1-1 draw in normal time, Chelsea win 6-5 to edge a narrow win after penalties in last-16 match at Liverpool.Published On 29 Oct 202629 Oct 2026Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5bin a dramatic penalty shoot-out to reach the English League Cup quarter-finals.In a clash between childhood friends Andoni Iraola and Xabi Alonso, it was the Liverpool manager who took the bragging rights in the last-16 tie at Anfield on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Five major upsets in English football before Arsenal’s League Cup shocklist 2 of 4Carrick stays on as Manchester United manager for crucial Chelsea matchlist 3 of 4Club in crisis: What are Manchester United’s top five problems?list 4 of 4Can Carrick survive Man United’s slump and Fernandes fallout?end of listA 1-1 draw in normal time set the stage for the shoot-out as Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers netted from the spot, only for Cody Gakpo to equalise with a penalty of his own just before half-time.Chelsea’s Valentin Barco hit the post in the shoot-out before Liverpool’s Kostas Tsimikas wasted a chance to win it when he blazed over.Ryan Gravenberch was denied by Chelsea keeper Mike Penders, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saved Emma...