Manchester City v Chelsea live in the Carabao Cup final

Summary

Listen to build-up and commentary on BBC Radio 5 live
Sterling scores winning spot-kick after goalless 120 mins
Remarkable scenes as Chelsea keeper Arrizabalaga refuses to be subbed off in last min of extra time
Sarri furious as Caballero introduction prevented

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance

No Higuain or Kovacicpublished at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Chelsea make five changes from the side which started in Europe in midweek. Gonzalo Higuain, Marcos Alonso and Mateo Kovacic all miss out.
Kovacic will come on for Ross Barkley on about 60 minutes.
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Postpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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David Silva, Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho all played in Manchester City's League Cup final wins in 2014, 2016 and 2018. Will they play today?
Only Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, John Terry, Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and Emile Heskey (all four) have played in more League Cup finals this century.
Postpublished at 15:25 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
Team news coming up soon...
Great groundsman skillspublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Less of a surprise now...published at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Bang out of order...published at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Paul McKenzie: Sarri is going the same way as Conte. Wants to play Jorghino and not Kante. Also downright refusal to play Hudson-Odoi.
'Everything is indicating a City win'published at 15:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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City are relentless with how they want the ball, how they want to move the ball, and their movement off the ball.
The most impressive thing for me is that Pep has got more out of nearly every single player at the club out of possession.
He gets so much from them out of possession, especially the attacking players, that it just makes them a far better team.
So everything is indicating a Manchester City win, but it’s a cup final and anything can happen – which is the beauty of it.
Sarri warns of 'disastrous' startpublished at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Italian boss Maurizio Sarri replaced compatriot Antonio Conte as Chelsea boss last summer but his future has already been put in doubt after City thrashed his side 6-0 in the Premier League on 10 February.
That was followed up by a tame last-16 exit in the FA Cup at home against Manchester United on Monday, but Chelsea progressed in the Europa League by beating Malmo 5-1 on aggregate.
After the European game, Sarri said it will be a "disaster" if they start the final in the same manner as they did against their Swedish opponents on Thursday.
The first major honour of the year...published at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Manchester City, 2018 winners of the League Cup against Arsenal, are looking to become only the fourth team to retain the trophy after Manchester United, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
Trophy timepublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2019
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Even the weather knows it's cup final day.
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It's an absolute peach of a day at Wembley. Up at BBC Sport HQ in Salford too, and hopefully wherever you are reading this from as well.
The first piece of silverware in the English game is about to be fought for.
Yes, it may not be top of the shopping list for Chelsea or Manchester City, but there aren't many trophies available each season and winning once never does you any harm...
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