Liverpool face Chelsea within the League Cup ultimate at Wembley on Sunday, with the primary main home trophy of the season on supply for the winners. Here’s a have a look at traditional encounters in a bitter rivalry:

Genesis of a feud

Fittingly for a person who revels in his status as soccer’s agent provocateur, it was Jose Mourinho who lit the fuse on Chelsea’s acrimonious feud with Liverpool.

Fuelled by Roman Abramovich’s billions and Mourinho’s masterful thoughts video games, Chelsea have been about to embark on a golden period and Liverpool, as one among England’s conventional powers, have been particularly irked by the ostentatious newcomers.

So after they met within the 2005 League Cup ultimate in Cardiff sparks have been certain to fly and Mourinho and firm did not disappoint.

John Arne Rise’s first minute opener for Liverpool was adopted by a late Steven Gerrard personal objective that pressured extra-time.

In an early glimpse of his emotional touchline antics, Mourinho was despatched off for taunting Liverpool followers with a shushing gesture after the equaliser.

With Mourinho by now watching on tv, strikes from Didier Drogba and Mateja Kezman put Chelsea in management.

Antonio Nunez bought one again for Liverpool, however Chelsea held on for a 3-2 win that secured the primary trophy of Mourinho’s reign and ignited a grudge that lingers to at the present time.

Garcia’s ‘ghost objective’

Any enduring sporting enmity wants an iconic second to ensure it stands the check of time. For Liverpool and Chelsea that second arrived at Anfield on May 3, 2005.

Just three minutes into the Champions League semi-final second leg, Liverpool’s Milan Baros beat Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to the ball inside the world.

It rolled in the direction of Luis Garcia and the Spanish winger prodded his close-range shot goalwards regardless of William Gallas’s despairing try and clear off the road.

To Chelsea’s anger, referee Lubos Michel gave the objective and, with no goal-line know-how or VAR to verify if it had gone in, the controversy has lingered ever since.

Even Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez would not say for positive if it was a objective, however his workforce held on to win 1-0 on mixture and went on to beat AC Milan in an epic ultimate.

Mourinho was livid, labelling Garcia’s effort a “ghost goal”, and Liverpool rubbed salt into the wound two years later after they defeated the Blues within the Champions League semi-finals at Anfield once more, this time on penalties.

Penalty drama at Wembley

Liverpool’s most up-to-date trophies got here on the expense of Chelsea in 2022 as Jurgen Klopp’s males held their nerve to win a pair of penalty shoot-outs within the League Cup and FA Cup finals.

The first a part of that silverware double got here within the League Cup when, after a 0-0 draw at Wembley, Liverpool received 11-10 on penalties.

Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, introduced on within the closing moments of extra-time as a penalty-saving specialist, missed the decisive spot-kick after his Liverpool counterpart Caoimhin Kelleher had scored together with his personal effort.

Klopp nonetheless recollects that encounter with nice fondness, expressing admiration for the depth produced by each groups in a titanic tussle.

It was an analogous story simply three months later when Liverpool received 6-5 on penalties after one other gruelling 0-0 draw within the FA Cup ultimate.

This time, Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker was the star, saving Mason Mount‘s spot-kick to arrange the Kostas Tsimikas winner that left Chelsea heartbroken as soon as extra.

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