Summary

  • Full-time: Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City - City win 4-2 on pens

  • Manchester City hit woodwork twice in second half

  • Man City win League Cup for third time

  1. FULL-TIMEpublished at 120+1 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    There's the full-time whistle. Spot-kicks it is!

  2. Postpublished at 120 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    There'll be one more minute to play before the now-inevitable penalty shootout.

  3. Postpublished at 119 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Tom Garry
    BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

    The crowd are getting more and more expectant, as the prospect of either an extremely late winner or penalties becomes a certainty.

  4. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 118 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Now then, is this one for the shootout? Claire Emslie comes on for Manchester City's Caroline Weir.

  5. Postpublished at 117 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    But again Manchester City get the set-piece clear!

    Anyone fancy penalties, then? A neutral football fan's dream, a live text commentator's nightmare.

  6. Postpublished at 116 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Arsenal come again and win another corner. We're into the final five minutes at Bramall Lane.

  7. Postpublished at 114 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Arsenal v Manchester CityImage source, Getty Images

    Not on this occasion. City clear.

  8. Postpublished at 113 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    The Gunners do have a corner now, however. Could this be the most likely route to goal now?

  9. Postpublished at 112 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    ... A statement rather summed up by Katie McCabe's attempted cross for Arsenal which drifts hopelessly out for a goal-kick.

  10. Postpublished at 110 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    The game, once a flowing, passing contest, has descended into a much scrappier battle as it's gone on.

    Time's ticking.

  11. Postpublished at 108 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Nick Cushing must be tearing his hair out.

    A cross from the right picks out Manchester City substitute Lauren Hemp, but she can't quite force the ball over the line. Unlucky.

  12. KICK-OFFpublished at 106 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Fifteen minutes to go. We're back under way.

  13. Postpublished at 14:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2019

    HT: Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Steph HoughtonImage source, PA

    For the record, the Women's League Cup final has never gone to a penalty shootout before.

    It has once previously made it into extra-time, in 2016 when Manchester City beat Birmingham City by the odd goal.

  14. HALF-TIMEpublished at 105+2 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    More chances, more good play, still goalless. This final is edging ever nearer to penalties.

  15. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 105 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    This is a bit of a surprise. Manchester City make another change and it's Nikita Parris who comes off, with Lauren Hemp on in her place.

    There'll be two minutes added on at the end of this first half of extra-time.

  16. Postpublished at 104 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    How have Manchester City not scored?!

    Caroline Weir's delivery, as it has been throughout, is top quality again but nobody can quite convert as it flashes across the six-yard box.

  17. Postpublished at 103 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    City have kept Arsenal penned in since that Nikita Parris chance and now have a corner. Caroline Weir will deliver.

  18. Postpublished at 102 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    And then in the blink of an eye Nikita Parris creates a chance out of nothing.

    The Manchester City striker bursts past Louise Quinn and into the box, but Sari van Veenendaal is off her line quickly to make the save.

    The Arsenal keeper has got better and better as this final has gone on and she's the only reason that the game remains goalless.

  19. Postpublished at 101 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Manchester City dominated the second half, but this has been a 50-50 match since the resumption.

    It's gone from wide open to a slightly nervy, tired affair.

    Arsenal v Man CityImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 99 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Man City

    Vivianne Miedema is back on but doesn't look 100%. Even half-fit, you'd still say she has the class to be the match-winner here.