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Liverpool are still in the quadruple hunt of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

So are Chelsea in theory, although they're 16 points off top in the Premier League.

The Blues could complete an early hat-trick of titles this season, having already lifted the Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup.

Either Thomas Tuchel or Jurgen Klopp will become the first German manager to win the tournament.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold was 13 the last time Liverpool won a domestic cup and the Reds right-back says he used to dream of winning silverware at Wembley while he was at school.

"It'll be an exciting game for the whole club," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "It's always a good day out when you go down to Wembley and to be able to celebrate with the fans and be part of it with them. So it's important for us to go there and try to win it.

"We've performed really well, we've rotated, we've had different teams, young lads, senior players that have mixed and matched this season in this competition, but I think on Sunday it will be a strong squad to go out there and win it.

"We have won our own trophies as a team, but yes we're still to win domestic cup competitions - our motivation is to go and win it and write another chapter in our history."

Alexander-Arnold sees no reason why Liverpool cannot win all four trophies this season.

"The emphasis is on all four competitions and go as far as we can," he added. "In our mind we don't see any reason why we can't win all four, to be honest.

"I was dreaming of doing this in 2012 at school. I never thought I would be in this position but I've been very lucky and fortunate so far. I've been blessed with the path that I have been put on.

"I always feel there is a buzz around this time of the season, for me especially. I enjoy these big games, the ones you need to win. The ones that are either going to win you trophies or lose you trophies. These are the games we want to be playing in."

Chelsea

Chelsea used to be about signing big-money first-team players.

But now their academy system is thriving.

Harry De Cosemo looks at how Chelsea learned to tap into the potential of their 'world class' academy.

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The most recent match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium was the 2012 FA Cup final which Chelsea won 2-1.

Ramires and Didier Drogba scored for the Blues with Andy Carroll netting for the Reds.

Liverpool have won the League Cup eight times, most recently in 2012 (on penalties against Cardiff City). That is a joint record with Manchester City.

This is their 13th final, extending their own record.

Chelsea are next on the list of wins with five, most recently in 2015.

This is the eighth time Chelsea and Liverpool have met in the League Cup. Liverpool have only won one of the last five.

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Chelsea

Chelsea released a big statement yesterday saying Russian owner Roman Abramovich is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care" of the club.

Abramovich, who will remain the club's owner, has made the move amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Today they released another statement saying: "The situation in Ukraine is horrific and devastating. Chelsea FC’s thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine. Everyone at the club is praying for peace."

No mention of Russia at all.

Both sets of fans showing their support of Ukraine around Wembley.

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Sam Jones: Gonna go 2-1 Liverpool. English cup competitions haven’t been a strong point in Klopp era. That ends today.

The last time Liverpool were in the League Cup final in 2016, manager Jurgen Klopp donned a suit instead of his usual tracksuit and baseball cap.

He tells the BBC why you'll never see him dress smartly on the touchline again.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, as he announced after the semi-final, plays 23-year-old Irish goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher ahead of Alisson in goal.

Diogo Jota is only fit enough for a place on the bench after sustaining a knock on the knee in the Champions League game against Inter Milan, which means a starting place for impressive new signing Luis Diaz. Roberto Firmino is ruled out through injury.

There is no place in the Chelsea starting line-up for £97.5m striker Romelu Lukaku while manager Thomas Tuchel goes with first choice keeper Edouard Mendy ahead of Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Key midfield man Mateo Kovacic is fit after going off injured in the Champions League against Lille.

This is what the coaches had to say about their keepers during the build-up...

"Kelleher is a really good example," said Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders. "Him reaching the final, it shows that there's an inside path for young goalkeepers at the club.

"A compliment for the goalkeeper department, that is what I like. It's possible a young keeper can make the final, it's nice to see."

Thomas Tuchel said Kepa "absolutely deserves" to start the final but would not confirm who he was going to choose.

"This is very easy to say - Kepa absolutely deserves to play and I also cannot get sentimental about it," added the Chelsea boss. "I have to do what in the end is, in my opinion, the very best solution for the team.

"I know that this position is a very sensitive position. If Kepa was a player in the other 10 positions we would not have these discussions, we would just be full of praise and he would feel that praise in minutes on the pitch."

Unlike Liverpool, Chelsea drop their cup keeper and start their first choice - Edouard Mendy.

Romelu Lukaku is benched again.