2015-16 Capital One Cup(Football League Cup) Final Liverpool Vs Manchester City @ Wembley Stadium Sunday February 28,2016

 

The 2015–16 Football League Cup, known as the Capital One Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the 55th season which began on 11 August 2015, and will conclude on 28 February 2016

 

Defending Champions

Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0

However,in this season,Chelsea was defeated by Stoke City on Penalties in the 4th Round

It will be the first time the two clubs have ever gone up against each other in a major final

League Cup history

There have been just six meetings between the pair in the League Cup, with Manchester City only getting the better of Liverpool on one occasion.

It was a 3-2 win and it came in Round 3 of the 1969/70 campaign, and City went on to lift the trophy at Wembley.

Liverpool have won the League Cup a record eight times, and overcame the Citizens on their path to two of those triumphs. Two-legged victories in 1980/81 and 2011/12 culminated in Cup success, while the other meeting saw the Reds cruise to a 4-0 win in 1996.

First meeting

The clubs first battled it out in 1893, when Liverpool picked up a narrow 1-0 win in Manchester. In fact, the Reds went on to win nine and draw one of the first 10 meetings.

Last time out
The Reds produced a stunning display at the Etihad earlier in the Premier League season, thumping City 4-1 with Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Martin Skrtel adding to an Eliaquim Mangala own goal. Sergio Aguero grabbed the consolation for the hosts.

Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-1 on penalties to win the Capital One Cup 

After full time the scores were 1-1

Goal Scorers
For Liverpool - Philippe Coutinho(83)
For Manchester City -  Fernandinho(49)

Willy Caballero was Manchester City's hero as they beat Liverpool on penalties to win the Capital One Cup at Wembley.

The 34-year-old Argentine goalkeeper spectacularly rewarded the faith of manager Manuel Pellegrini with saves from Lucas, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana in the shoot-out after he was selected ahead of first-choice Joe Hart.

Caballero (left) guessed the right way to deny Lucas Leiva who took Liverpool's second penalty in their shootout 

Caballero dives to his left to save Philippe Coutinho's spot-kick as City triumphed 3-1 in the penalty shootout at Wembley

Caballero (left) flies to his right to save Adam Lallana's penalty - his third save of the shootout

Yaya Toure (right) watches on as his low penalty beats Simon Mignolet to score City's matchwinning spot-kick on Sunday

 Manchester City players reacted jubilantly after Toure's penalty sealed their second Capital One Cup success in three years

Caballero was promptly raised aloft by his team-mates after playing a pivotal role in their Capital One Cup success

Fernandinho put City ahead just after the break after an error by Liverpool's otherwise heroic keeper Simon Mignolet. But two glaring misses from former Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling opened the door for Coutinho's late leveller.

In the shootout, Fernandinho hit a post with City's first kick, but Jesus Navas and Sergio Aguero were on target as Caballero made his decisive saves, allowing Yaya Toure to convert the winning penalty.

• Manchester City have won four of their five League Cup finals (1970, 1976, 2014 and 2016)
• Liverpool lost a League Cup final for the fourth time (1978, 1987, 2005 and 2016)
• Fernandinho has scored in his last two League Cup appearances - having failed to score in his previous seven
• Philippe Coutinho has scored in five of his six appearances against Manchester City in all competitions
• This was only the fourth time that Liverpool have lost a penalty shootout - having faced 18 in total
• Liverpool had previously won all five cup finals that had gone to a penalty shootout
• Jurgen Klopp has reached a cup final in each of his last five seasons as a manager, but has lost the last four