MISSED PENALTY - Marc Muniesapublished at 22:26 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2016
Liverpool 5-5 Stoke
Simon Mignolet goes to his left, it's at the perfect height and turned round the post.
Liverpool reach League Cup final
Reds beat Stoke 6-5 on penalties
Joe Allen scores winning penalty
Stoke had won second leg 1-0 to force pens
Marc Higginson
Liverpool 5-5 Stoke
Simon Mignolet goes to his left, it's at the perfect height and turned round the post.
Liverpool 5-5 Stoke
Easy. Easy. Easy.
Another one in the corner. High standard this.
Liverpool 4-5 Stoke
Tekkers. Another one in the corner and out of reach.
Liverpool 4-4 Stoke
Into the corner. Boring? Nah... proper penalty that.
Liverpool 3-4 Stoke
Guided into the bottom corner, almost laser-like. Composure.
Liverpool 3-3 Stoke
Low, in the corner. Next.
Liverpool 2-3 Stoke
Hammered into the corner. Simon Mignolet got close, and exhales sharply. Pressure.
Liverpool 2-2 Stoke
A cheeky check in his run, the keeper commits, and the big Belgian rolls it into the opposite corner.
Liverpool 1-2 Stoke
Easy as you like from Glenn Whelan. Like a man nipping out for his morning paper. What pressure?
Liverpool 1-1 Stoke
Emre Can goes for the corner, the keeper guesses right, post!
Back on level terms.
Liverpool 1-1 Stoke
Simon Mignolet guesses right and a low effort is saved.
Peter. Peter. Peter.
Liverpool 1-1 Stoke
High and down the middle. Brave... but it works. 1-1.
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke
Perfect. Jon Walters puts it in the corner and out of reach.
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (agg 1-1)
The two keepers meet in the middle of the pitch with the referee. It's like a boxing match as they are given instructions. Good luck. Seconds out.
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (agg 1-1)
Jack Butland wipes the sweat from his forehead with a red towel, while swigging fluids. Simon Mignolet prefers to hit himself in the face.
Each to their own.
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (agg 1-1)
Chris Waddle
BBC Radio 5 live at Anfield
"Stoke were good in the first half and Liverpool got a little better. It's up to the goalkeepers now."
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (agg 1-1)
Everyone looks remarkably calm. A few smiles etc as Jurgen Klopp (maybe!) turns on his 4G and emails his list of penalty takers to the ref.
Mark Hughes (maybe!) pulls out an old packet of Woodbine. Ah yes: 1. Bojan, 2. Arnautovic - what do you mean he's gone off?
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (agg 1-1)
That'll do, lads.
See you at the penalty spot.
Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (agg 1-1)
A Liverpool corner. Sixty seconds left... hammered in by James Milner but Peter Crouch heads clear.
#bbcfootball
Pete Nicholson: Oh Stevie G, how much better would I feel about our chances with him on the pitch!