Liverpool knock out Chelsea on penalties to reach Carabao Cup quarter-finals

Both managers made a number of changes from the weekend’s Premier League games, with Arne Slot making seven changes from Liverpool’s win over Brighton.

Alonso, who won the Champions League in 2005 as a player with the Reds, made four changes for Chelsea, with Henderson among the starters in the absence of the suspended Cole Palmer and injured Joao Pedro.

Neither goalkeeper had any saves to make in the opening stages but the contest burst into life in the 40th minute when Gravenberch made a poor challenge on Moises Caicedo in the box and referee Darren England awarded the Blues a penalty.

Henderson picked up the ball and was greeted by a chorus of boos before handing over to Rogers, who sent Mamardashvili the wrong way.

But Chelsea’s joy was short-lived as Fofana handled the ball in the box just three minutes later. Gakpo stepped up to send Penders the wrong way for his 11th goal in the competition.

Alonso was forced to make a change before half-time as centre-back Maxence Lacroix was injured and replaced by Levi Colwill.

Just before the hour mark, Slot turned to his bench as he brought on Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola for Lewis Koumas and James McConnell, who were both booked in the first half.

Liverpool upped the ante and Chelsea remained a threat on the counter-attack, but neither side could find a winner.

Penders, who made an error in his side’s 2-0 home league loss to Spurs on Saturday, made two great saves to keep out Ronald Araujo and Barcola.

At the other end Marco Palestra forced Mamardashvili into a brilliant save, but surprisingly, Alonso didn’t bring Estevao on to try to make a difference.

With no extra time, it went straight to penalties and could have gone either way until Fofana’s miss proved decisive.

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